UTILITIES

The City of Malden owns and operates the Board of Public Works, which supplies the electric, water and sewer services.  Natural Gas is supplied by Atmos Energy.  Telephone and internet services are supplied by a variety of sources.

A. ELECTRIC--- The Board of Public Works will provide the electric service and is one of the lowest cost suppliers in the Southern Missouri Region. The electric supplier to the City of Malden is SWPA that has a record of being close to 100% reliable. In addition, Malden owns a generating system for emergencies. For anyone locating in Malden, please contact the Board of Public Works at 573-276-2238 for information about installation of service lines and transformers for the electrical service and for current rates.

In 1998 the Board of Public Works installed a "loop line" designed to feed the entire City of Malden, which includes the Malden Airport/Industrial Park, with electric from two completely separate service lines. Also, automatic switches were installed to provide two separate feeds from our SWPA source or the power plant immediately in the event of a power outage from the first source. The Board of Public Works' Power Plant provides an immediate second source of power from new Caterpillar engines that require no "warm-up time".

B. SEWER CAPACITY--  The City of Malden owns and operates a central wastewater collection and treatment system. The City is served by a wastewater treatment facilities constructed in July 2001 and designed to handle 500,000 gallons per day .

Malden can easily handle more wastewater.

C. WATER SUPPLY--  The most recent Annual Water Quality Report may be viewed here. The Malden Board of Public Works supplies quality water at a low cost.

The City owns and operates its water supply, distribution, and storage system.  There are six (6) water supply wells capable of producing over four million gallons of potable water per day.  The City has two elevated water storage tanks in its system with a total capacity of 650,000 gallons.  The largest tank has a capacity of 500,000 gallons and is located in the Industrial Park. The average daily use is 694,000 gpd with peak usage being 900,000 gpd. Contact the Board of Public Works at 573-276-2238 for more information.

D. NATURAL GAS-- Malden is serviced by Atmos Energy.  Installation of service would not be a problem due to a 6" transmission pipe in the vicinity.  The gas is brought from the North and the South as supplied by Texas Eastern and Noark Gas.

E. COMMUNICATION-- Communication services are offered by a wide range of sources.  The below listed is not an all inclusive listing.

Southwestern Bell has an Ericsson Digital Switch with all toll facilities using fiber optic technology.

New Wave Communications offers local cable, internet and telephone services in addition to High-Definition TV and Digital Video Records. Over 150 channels of quality cable programming, fast connection to the internet, and unlimited local/long distance calling.  Internet options, such as speed ranges from 512 Kpps/128 Kpps to 5 Mbps/1 Mbps with customized business solutions.