Columbia Water and Light

Water and Light: power restored to about 5,000 Columbia residents

May 10, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

With temperatures expected to hit at least 90 degrees today, Columbia Water and Light says power has now been restored to about 5,000 residents impacted by Tuesday morning’s outage in central Columbia. Water and Light posted the update on its Facebook page, saying the outage happened when two transformers tripped. Officials say the outage impacted some …

UPDATE: Columbia receives 9.9 inches of snow during storm, NWS says

February 3, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

About ten inches of snow have fallen in Columbia, since the winter storm began. National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Mark Fuchs tells 939 the Eagle that 9.9 inches of snow fell during the storm, which began late Tuesday night with frozen precipitation. The winter storm warning has expired. Columbia received about 2.6 inches …

Columbia water bills could go up in 2022

September 27, 2021 By Brian Hauswirth

Columbia residents may see an increase in their water bills, after the first of the year. Columbia voters approved a three-percent water ballot issue in August 2018, and that money will fund capital projects for the next five years. The Columbia City Council’s budget packet says the revenue increase may be brought to council in …