City Water, Light & Power provides water service to a population of nearly 150,000 people in and around Springfield. This includes retail service to Springfield as well as Southern View, Leland Grove and certain unincorporated areas around the city. Wholesale service is provided to Grandview, Jerome, Loami, Rochester, Sugar Creek Public Water District, Williamsville-Sherman Water Commission and Round Prairie Water Cooperative. Retail water customers within the City of Springfield pay the second lowest rates in the state outside of Chicago.

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Beginning Monday, March 15th, north-bound traffic on S. Walnut St will be detoured between W. Canedy and W. Allen Sts to accommodate water service line improvement work. The work requires multiple street openings and is expected to last multiple days. In the event of rain or inclement weather, work...

Posted on Mar 12, 2021  •  Facebook

Another aspect of the creation of Lake Springfield was building bridges. This is the Lindsay Bridge under construction. Next week The Sangamon County Historical Society with host a discussion with the authors, Robert Mazrim and Curtis Mann, of a new book about Lake Springfield.https:// ...

Posted on Mar 10, 2021  •  Facebook

UPDATE: Power was restored to all customers by 6:05 pm.

Posted on Mar 08, 2021  •  Facebook

STREETLIGHT OUT? There are over 17,000 standard streetlights and over 4,000 security lights in CWLP's service territory, which the utility maintains. You can be one of CWLP’s Streetlight Ambassadors and report any streetlights that are out, dim or even damaged through our online form. You can also...

Posted on Mar 08, 2021  •  Facebook

Power outages can occur anytime. Our newly renovated website has all the tips you need to prepare for potential outages:

Posted on Mar 05, 2021  •  Facebook

Keeping You Informed: See our February 2021 Weather & Water Review—a look at local conditions and lake level stats.… https://t.co/bzMyJUUznM

Posted on Mar 02, 2021  •  Twitter

Add us to your 10-digit dialing in the 217. And make note of our online resources: Electric Outages,… https://t.co/XrLjHpZ9hy

Posted on Mar 02, 2021  •  Twitter

Beginning Wednesday, March 3rd, all east-bound traffic on S Grand Ave will be detoured at Martin Luther King Dr for… https://t.co/3jo5fFt2Ys

Posted on Mar 01, 2021  •  Twitter

Deadline is March 12 for high school seniors to get their essays in for this scholarship opportunity. There are fou… https://t.co/qkuIYuPMRc

Posted on Feb 26, 2021  •  Twitter

SOUTH SIXTH TRAFFIC REDUCED FOR EMERGENCY WATER REPAIRS North-bound traffic on S. Sixth is reduced by two lanes beg… https://t.co/klMROIH0b1

Posted on Feb 24, 2021  •  Twitter