All Posts Tagged With: "Utilities Kingston"
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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Get Smart, Meters
When it comes to improving eco-friendly practises, Kingston has made some modest and forward thinking strides over the past year. We’ve mentioned the introduction of the organic waste recycling program, ongoing rain barrel initiative, as well as the launch of our neighbouring wind farm, all of which have helped cast the Limestone City in a [...]
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The Great Rain Barrel Sale
If you missed out on getting a rain barrel last year, stop reading and contact 613-546-0000 immediately. That’s right, it’s that wonderful time of year again, when Utilities Kingston virtually gives away 1,000 rain barrels. Even though there’s a one per household limit in effect, the subsidized rain barrels have been a hot commodity in [...]
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Solar Power to the Rescue!
In case you skipped my post last week regarding how the new US President’s policies might impact Kingston, you may have missed a little gem that was hidden in the paragraph concerning the environment. Utilities Kingston is now offering customers the option of going solar. Well, not entirely. Essentially, they are offering solar hot water [...]
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Is Your Water Safe?
As June comes to a close, many are rejoicing over the fact that yet another school year is coming to a close, and family vacations will soon be here. For me, the last day of June signifies one of those coming of age milestones I used to hear so much about, but rarely paid any [...]
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$32 Water Barrel Sale
As a recent and first time home owner, I was amazed by the list of items picked up during the initial home inspection. Given that our 100-year old home has an unfinished limestone basement, we were advised that it may never be dry, regardless of any improvements to the foundation, and adjacent drainage system. That [...]
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