The Chester Metropolitan District (CMD) is currently implementing a new billing and finance software system. The new system will permit a whole host of payment options not offered to CMD customers before. In order for CMD to comply with increasing credit card security standards, we will no longer be able to accept payments or...
NOTICE TO CMD (WATER) CUSTOMERS The Chester Metropolitan District is scheduled to begin flow testing all fire hydrants on Monday, October 1, 2018 as a part of our maintenance program. Residents may experience minor discoloration to their water while flow testing is being conducted. The CMD urges its customers to check their...
A boil water advisory is now in effect for customers on Edwards Road in Fort Lawn. Customers in the affected area will have a yellow notice tag hanging on their front doors. Affected customers should boil their water vigorously for five (5) minutes prior to drinking or cooking until otherwise notified. An...
Chester Metropolitan District (CMD) will be changing its water rate structure beginning in late summer of 2018. The CMD Board of Commissioners endeavored to develop a rate structure that was equitable to residential customers. CMD hired Raftelis from Charlotte, North Carolina to review our existing water rate structure and propose a rate structure that...
Beginning in July 2018, the Chester Metropolitan District will discontinue the “Reconnect Fee” and replace it with a “Non-Payment Fee”. This Non-Payment Fee will be charged to all past-due accounts which have not been paid within twenty-five days of the bill date. The policy, approved by the CMD Board of Commissioners in May 2018,...
Beginning January 2018, Chester Metropolitan District will extend the payment period for all billing cycles. Customers will now have fifteen (15) days from the Bill Date to pay their bills before being assessed a penalty. Customers will also have an additional ten (10) days to make payment before their services become eligible for disconnection....
The Chester Metropolitan District Office will close at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, November 14th for Staff Software Training. We will reopen Wednesday, November 15th at 8:30 AM. For those wishing to pay their bills online, you may still do so by eCheck through our website. Thank you for your understanding.
NOTICE TO CMD (WATER) CUSTOMERS The Chester Metropolitan District is scheduled to begin flow testing all fire hydrants on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 as a part of our maintenance program. Residents may experience minor discoloration to their water while flow testing is being conducted. The CMD urges its customers to check their water quality...
HIGH WATER BILLS? The Chester Meter Replacement Project is currently underway. Crews from Ferguson Waterworks are working to replace all water meters in Chester Metropolitan District’s system with new radio-read meters. Because many of the meters being replaced are older and may be under-registering water use, customers may receive a higher bill than expected...
As of 4:00 PM on Thursday, July 20, 2017, raw water samples taken at Chester Metropolitan District’s Water Filtration Plant indicate that bacteria levels in the Catawba River near Fort Lawn are within normal range. CMD’s drinking water quality remains unaffected.