Utilities

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Important Notice: The Brush Pile located at 2296 Shun Pike will be closing until further notice for grinding and cleanup starting Monday, December 16th. Click Here For 2024 Property Tax Bills.

Welcome to the

City of Nicholasville!

Where we share the good life.

Nicholasville’s award-winning utilities system provides reliable electric, water and sewer services within and adjacent to the city.

Electricity

The electric department purchases wholesale power from Kentucky Utilities and distributes it to approximately 6,800 customers through the utility’s transmission and distribution system.

Water

The water system consists of an intake pumping facility, a water treatment plant, a high service pumping facility, and transmission and distribution system. The treatment plant serves approximately 14,500 retail customers and two wholesale customers, with a capacity of 7 million gallons per day (MGD). The treated water transmission and distribution system consists of a grid of mains ranging from 2 to 24 inches in diameter and has a total elevated storage of 1.5 million gallons. For the most recent annual drinking water quality report click here.

Sewers

The sanitary sewer system, serving approximately 11,500 customers, consists of a 7 MGD wastewater treatment plant (Jessamine Creek Environmental Control Facility), 14 pump stations and a collection system comprised of a network of gravity sewers and force mains.