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Paducah was still a village
on the Ohio River, at the confluence
of the Tennessee River, when the
first known map of the city was
made in 1823. Sometime between
then and 1834, a well was dug in
the area of 1st and Broadway. Little
did anyone know that well would
be the first step towards Paducah
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Early in 1883, a group of men from Washington proposed to the city of Paducah that they be allowed to build a modern water system. That system began water service in 1885-1886. In April 1930, the city of Paducah purchased the water works to be operated as a municipally owned utility. In 1904, a new system called rapid sand filters was put into operation making Paducah one of only two in America to have this type of filters. This system operated until 1964. Since then renovations of filters, additions, and new equipment were only a few of the changes to come.
In 1984, the Paducah Water placed in service a $15 million water treatment plant that has a twelve million gallon per day capacity. The present site will provide for expansions that should meet the need of the system well into the future.
PW's service area expanded in December, 1985 with the merging of one of its wholesale water customers, the Massac Water Association, into its system. In July, l988, another wholesale water customer, the Lone Oak Water District, merged and became a part of the system. Then in December, 1999, a local water district, the Reidland Water District, merged with PW. The source of water for that district was a well-supply, and it served an area in eastern McCracken County and parts of western Marshall County.
PW's system has grown through the years from serving just a few customers in what is now downtown Paducah in the early days to serving most of McCracken County and parts of Graves and Marshall Counties. It currently supplies water service to more than 22,000 customers directly and to more than 3,500 customers through two wholesale water districts it supplies.
PW has supplied the Paducah area for over one hundred years, has always been a leader in the field of water treatment and supply, and will continue to serve its customers for years to come.
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