Public Service Announcement

OFFICE CLOSURE NOTICE

The CMD Office will close at 11:00 AM today for staff software training. If you need immediate assistance, please call our main telephone number: (803) 385-5123 and our staff will assist you. The disconnection list scheduled for today will not be disconnected. Service disconnections scheduled for today will take place next week. We will...

CMD Billing Changes for Great Falls Customers

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...

2018 Fire Flow Testing

  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...

Boil Water Advisory — Fort Lawn, SC

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...

CMD Water Quality Report

Due to Environmental Protection Agency Regulations, the Spring 2018 Water and Wastewater News by CMD/CWR contains a report on the quality of water that you receive from Chester Metropolitan District. This report was mailed to all active CMD customers the week of June 25, 2018. The EPA and SC DHEC have established strict standards for all...

CMD Rate & Fee Changes

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...

CMD Program and Fee Changes

CAPITAL RECOVERY The Chester Metropolitan District wishes to reminds its customers that the Capital Recovery Fees program is now active. All new development will be subject to Capital Recovery Fees based on the approved fee schedule. For more information, please visit our Capital Recovery Page. ENGINEERING REVIEW FEES The Chester Metropolitan District has implemented...

Non-Payment Fee to Replace Reconnect Fee

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,...

CMD Payment Period Extension

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....

CMD Disconnection Notice — OCTOBER 2017 BILLS

Chester Metropolitan District will be disconnecting delinquent accounts in the following areas the week of December 4-8, 2017.  The accounts scheduled for disconnection have past due water bills for the month of October 2017. Please make arrangements to pay your bill no later than Monday, December 4th.  If you did not receive an October...