Bethlehem Water Authority

Crystal clear springs like this one feed the creeks and streams that eventually fill the penn forest and wild creek reservoirs the sources of the city of bethlehem s pristine safe and abundant drinking water supply.

Bethlehem water authority. Pay a real estate bill online service fee schedule pay a utility bill online service fee schedule. Our office is located in new bethlehem pa southern clarion county in western pennsylvania. Welcome to city of bethlehem my account. Today the water sewer resources department provides drinking water to 36 000 residential commercial and industrial customers and sanitary sewer collection service for 25 000 customers.

Redbank valley municipal authority. For after hour and weekend sewer and water emergencies please contact the police department at 518 439 9973. The city s reservoirs in the pocono mountains have a total storage capacity of 10 billion gallons of water. This portal provides city of bethlehem citizens and customers with a single access point to all of their city services.

Average consumption equals 15 million gallons per day. The bethlehem authority is a political corporate body incorporated in 1938 pursuant to an ordinance enacted by the city council of the city of bethlehem city and now exists pursuant to the act. On this property nearly ten billion gallons of water are contained in two reservoirs that supply clean water to 115 000 people and 1315 businesses within the city of bethlehem two boroughs and seven townships. The rvma provides water sewage services for the new bethlehem and redbank valley area.

Bethlehem residents have enjoyed municipal water service for more than 250 years since the moravian founders built america s first public waterworks on the monocacy creek in 1762. The city of bethlehem provides drinking water to residents and businesses in the city and all or portions of ten surrounding municipalities and includes 36 000 metered accounts. Javascript is used extensively on the city of bethlehem web site but your browser has disabled javascript or does not support it. The authority was the first municipal authority incorporated in pennsylvania following the enactment of the pa municipal authority s act of 1935.

Report problems with water main or water meters or. David pouring out water drawn from the well of bethlehem in this 1860 woodcut by julius schnorr von karolsfeld which illustrates 2 samuel 23 15 17 biblical scholars believe bethlehem located in the hill country of judah may be the same as the biblical ephrath 16 which means fertile as there is a reference to it in the book of micah as bethlehem ephratah. The bethlehem municipal water authority owns about 23000 acres of watershed property in carbon and monroe counties. Explains in detail the city of bethlehem s municipal authority.

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