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Our Mission

At Jersey County Rural Water, Inc., we are committed to providing safe, high quality water services to our community, while maintaining a standard of excellence in customer service and environmental conservation.

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Bill Payment Options

Looking for the most convenient way to pay your bill? We offer a wide variety of payment options to our customers. Simply choose the option that best suits your needs... Payment Options...

Conservation Tips

There are a number of easy ways to save water, and they all start with you. When you save water, you save money on your utility bills. Here are just a few ways... Conservation Tips

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New Water Rate Schedule - Effective Feb 1, 2023

January 23, 2023

Dear Jersey County Rural Water Customer:

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a rate case with our wholesale water supplier, Illinois American, for a 49% increase in rates. This combined with dramatic increases in other essential services including materials, chemicals, testing supplies, fuel, electric and all the other operational expenses have necessitated that we examine our rates. Jersey County Rural Water has kept costs down and we have not had a rate increase since 2017. We have held off raising our rates as long as possible hoping that
these increases would stabilize but they have not. We do realize that our customers are also experiencing these same astronomical...

Welcome to Winter - Are Your Pipes Ready?

January 03, 2023

Can you flush your toilet if your pipes are frozen? ...Talk about questions you “wish” you had asked!

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is that wonderful time of year when the worst of winter is looming upon us. And the Farmer’s Almanac has been warning us that the winter of 2023 will be both long and cold. So, we ask you… are your pipes ready?

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