All Posts Tagged With: "Utilities Kingston"
Kingstonist’s Challenge # 1: Turn the Heat Off
Welcome to Kingstonist’s inaugural weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we’ll be establishing a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your [...]
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Kingston’s Water Restrictions Begin
Starting June 15, residents with odd numbered addresses can water their yards or wash their cars only on odd-numbered days and those with even-numbered addresses can water only on even-numbered days according to Kingston’s water use bylaw. On scheduled watering days, residents are asked to restrict their use of sprinklers to between 5 a.m. and [...]
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City Outlines Plans For Potential Postal Disruption
The City of Kingston have released a plan for how residents can make payments and communicate with the City of Kingston during any postal disruption. The City will be monitoring the postal situation closely and will issue updates as appropriate. Of particular concern is the delivery of payments to Ontario Works recipients. Detailed instructions for [...]
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DIY Rain Harvesting
After a week that was filled with so much rain the City had to close down all of their playing fields, it seems fitting that we cap off our Green/Gardening Week with a rain-related post. If you were lucky enough to snag one of Utilities Kingston’s rain barrels, then perhaps today’s feature is of little [...]
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Utilities Kingston Rain Barrel Sale
Starting today, Utilities Kingston will once again offer 1000 rain barrels for sale to its water customers – while quantities last. Rain barrels can be ordered by calling 613-546-0000. The barrels will be delivered to customers’ homes. No delivery appointment is required, and customers do not need to be home to receive their rain barrel. [...]
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More Plastic Food, Beverage Containers Now Recyclable
Last night, City Council approved amendments to the recycling program allowing for the collection of more – nearly all – household plastics. “This is going to make it simpler than ever to use the Blue Box. If it’s plastic and it is a household container or rigid plastic package, it goes in the Blue Box,” [...]
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Earth Hour Energy-use Drops 3.1 Per Cent
Kingston Hydro customers decreased their electrical consumption by 3.1 per cent during Saturday night’s Earth Hour. That’s a full percentage point better than the provincial average of a 2.1 per cent decrease for the Hour. Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) compared the provincial drop to the average peak energy needs of a city the [...]
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Overnight Power Outage Planned
The downtown area will be affected by a planned overnight power outage scheduled to start at 11 p.m. the evening of Sunday, Feb. 13, and end at 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 14. This outage will accommodate electrical infrastructure upgrades being made by Utilities Kingston on behalf of Kingston Hydro. The area affected is surrounded [...]
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Volunteers Sought For Lead-testing In Private Homes
The City is again seeking 100 qualified homeowners 5 non-residential property owners interested in participating in its regular volunteer lead-testing program. Under this regulation, introduced in 2007, the Ministry of the Environment requires the City to test the water in Kingston homes and businesses identified as receiving their water through lead or lead-soldered pipes on [...]
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Digging Up History
Princess Street is about to change and not just the surface. While the reconstruction of the bottom two blocks of Princess Street gets a lot of attention for its intrusion into our lives, what gets lost in the talk is how a little bit of Kingston history is going to give way to modernity. The [...]
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