2015 Annual Help the Hooch and Watershed Festival October 2

2015 Annual Help the Hooch
and Watershed Festival
October 2-3, 2015
The Columbus Water Works is a proud member
of this community and supports several programs
that enhance our way of life. One such program
is the Annual Help-the-Hooch and Watershed
Festival. This program started over 20 years ago
as an idea for a clean-up project. The first year,
we had over 500 volunteers working to clean up
the Chattahoochee River and Riverwalk. This
past year we had over 10,000 volunteers and were
recognized as the single largest clean-up project
encompassing Muscogee County, Harris County,
Ft. Benning and Russell County in Alabama.
Volunteers in the Chattahoochee Valley area have
been working hard to help protect our water,
which is the most precious resource we have.
In recognition of these efforts, a Watershed Festival
has been added to the river clean-up event. At this
festival, groups and companies come and display
what they are doing to help our community and
the environment.
This year’s event will be on Friday, October 2nd
and Saturday, October 3rd, 2015. Friday’s event
will focus on the area’s schools and Ft. Benning.
Saturday’s event will focus on the volunteers and
the Watershed Festival. The river and waterway
clean-up will be on Saturday, October 3 and start
at 8:00 am and finish at 11:00 am. The Watershed
Festival will be after the clean-up beginning at
11:00 am and ending at 1:00pm at Golden Park.
For more information contact Keep Columbus
Beautiful Commission at 706-653-4008 or visit
their website at:
www.columbusga.org/keepcolsbeautiful
Columbus Water Works Expands
Grease Collection Program Drop Off Sites!
Last July, Columbus opened our first two stationary
drop off sites for customers to leave their used kitchen
grease at any time of day in a disposable container.
The response from the community has been very
positive.
On September 18, 2015 we will be opening up 6 new
drop off locations!
- John Rigdon Park (6800 Psalmond Road)
- Corner of Buena Vista Road and Higgs Road
- Corner of Lindsay Drive and Glenwood Drive
- Corner of 45th Street and 2nd Avenue
- South Commons CSO (Lumpkin Boulevard,
behind the Civic Center)
- Frank Chester Park - 1441 Benning Road
The current drop off locations will still be accessible
for residents to leave their used kitchen grease.
- 1335 Alexander Street (past the entrance to Columbus
Water Works Service Center on the right)
- 3001 South Lumpkin Road (Through the South
Columbus Water Resources Facility main gate)
(Please Visit CWWGA.ORG for a map of locations)
More Payment Options, New Design!
Columbus Water Works Receives
Partnership for Safe Water
15-Year Directors Award!
Working Together
for a
Cleaner Community
Columbus Water Works (CWW) is in the final stages
of redesigning our Electronic Transaction and Payment
System (E-TAP). These changes will provide you with
more options and a more user friendly system.
Benefits of the new design include:
•
Pay with Visa, Mastercard, and Discover
•
Make a one-time payment without signing up for
an Online account
Extras for registered Online account holders:
•
No account number needed to sign in.
•
View and pay multiple accounts.
•
View 13 months of payment and consumption
history.
•
Securely save your payment information.
•
Schedule automatic payments from checking
account or credit card.
Customers will not be charged additional fees when
making electronic payments.
For more information, please visit our website:
www.cwwga.org
CWW joined the Partnership for Safe Water in 1999.
Then completed the requirements for the highest
level of membership, Directors Award status and has
just received the 15-Year Directors Award!
For more information on the partnership and what
this award means to you please visit cwwga.org.
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1421 Veterans Parkway
Columbus, GA 31901
Customer Service (706) 649-3410
General Information (706) 649-3400
Automated Account Information (706) 649-3311
Or visit: www.cwwga.org