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AT HOME Call Smoky Lake County Natural Gas Department at 780 656-3037
AROUND OUR Leaks rarely occur on our system. However, there are some signs that may indicate a possible gas leak: What you may see – an area of dead vegetation, a build-up of frost on the ground and / or bubbles appearing in free-standing water. What you may hear – a loud whistling sound.
What you may smell
– you may smell a skunk like smell. 2010 was a successful year for our municipally- owned gas utility. Our Natural Gas department implemented the recommendations from the 2008 Campbell Ryder Engineering assessment of our gas system, and the viability and sustainability of our gas system has been improved dramatically. Meters that are AMR equipped are being installed. Our year was completed on budget including $115,021 put into reserves for line replacement and capital repairs which are increasingly necessary to our ageing gas infrastructure. We have worked hard to keep gas loss to the acceptable provincial average of 2% per year. We thank those who reported the smell of natural gas and reported these potential leaks to County gas staff for investigation (and possible reward of $100 for a verified underground leak as per our policy). The public’s assistance has been a valuable tool in keeping our gas loss to a minimum. I will continue to be your Zone Director for the Federation of Alberta Gas Co-ops, The Federation Board consists of eight representatives from throughout Alberta. Smoky Lake County continues to work in partnership with Corridor Communications Inc. (which was created by Smoky Lake County and several Alberta Gas Co-ops) in planning wireless internet and automatic meter reading services for our residents and gas service. This year we should have five towers erected, 2 from Industry Canada grants and three are County owned through a Canada Broadband grant. We have also been pursuing an aggressive training schedule for our gas service personnel which is a mixed blessing as we balance staff absence with the need for highly trained and certified technicians, This has been done successfully. Smoky Lake County Natural Gas Department continues to strive to provide the best possible prices and service to you - the consumer.
Dareld Cholak
Another year has come and gone. It has been a busy one and a pleasure serving our customers, This Department continues to invest time into educating our personnel, so they may better serve you, the customer.
As before, again in 2010, with the help from you, our staff and hire line walkers, we have found and repaired a few underground gas leaks. Just a reminder, if you report an underground gas leak and our staff verifies it the County will pay you a $100 reward.
This coming summer (2011), we are scheduling to replace approximately 5 miles of pipe which continues to give us problems.
Effective March 28, 2011 the Gas Service Installation Fee, subject to change: URBAN - $3,500.00 plus GST RURAL - $5,250.00 plus GST
IF YOU SMELL NATURAL GAS OR THINK YOU SMELL NATURAL GAS DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL Emergency Number: 656-3037 John Malysh
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CONTACT IF YOU SMELL NATURAL GAS OR THINK YOU SMELL NATURAL GAS DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL
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