Dyer County residents receive quality, cost-effective utility services from a variety of providers. Nearly all of the industrial community is served by municipal systems operated by Dyersburg and Newbern. Both communities are eager to work with industry on meeting their utility needs.

Electricity

Four electric utilities provide electric power to Dyer County residents. All buy their electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority, nationally known as a low-cost provider of electricity.

Dyersburg Electric System - the largest supplier with 12,200 customers - serves the City of Dyersburg, the county's three industrial parks and neighboring residents. Dyersburg receives its electricity at three 161,000-volt delivery points. With 400 megawatts of capacity, the system has plenty of room for growth. Dyersburg's looped transmission system and SCADA monitoring 24 hours a day help it maintain reliable electric service. The Dyersburg Electric System also works with commercial customers to meet their indoor and outdoor lighting needs.

Of the three other electric systems providing power, Gibson Electric Membership Corp. serves the community of Trimble, Newbern Light, Gas and Water serves its residents, and Forked Deer Electric Corp. serves the rural, mainly residential areas of the county.

Electric power is supplied by TVA and distributed through Dyersburg Electric System, Newbern Electric System, Forked Deer Electric and Gibson County Electric. Contact the following for information on utility service hook-up.

Dyersburg
Dyersburg Electric System 731-287-4600
211 East Court Street
Dyersburg TN 38024

Dyersburg Gas, Water & Sewer 731-286-7604
Dyersburg City Hall

Newbern
Newbern Electric, Gas, Water & Sewer 731-627-3221
Newbern City Hall

Trimble
Trimble Electric, Gas, Water & Sewer 731-297-3955
Trimble City Hall

Dyer County
Forked Deer Electric 731-285-7500
Highway 51 North
Halls

Northwest Dyersburg Utility District 731-285-14114
Highway 78
Dyersburg

East Dyersburg Utility District 731-285-1392
6199 Highway 104 East
Dyersburg

Gibson County Electrical Cooperative 731-855-4660

Natural Gas

The City of Dyersburg and the City of Newbern both supply quality, high-pressure natural gas to their communities and neighboring rural areas. Both continually expand to new subdivisions. Dyersburg's system supplies the two industrial parks. Its natural gas has a pressure of 200+ psi and a BTU content of 1,025 per cubic foot.

Water/Wastewater

Dyer County's quality water supply comes from an underground aquifer that stretches across much of West Tennessee. The water needs little treatment before it is used by residents.Seven utility districts provide water to Dyer County residents.Both the City of Dyersburg and City of Newbern provide water and wastewater to their residents and nearby communities. The City of Dyersburg Water System, which supplies the industrial parks, gets its water from deep wells. The current water treatment plant, built in 1991, has the capacity to treat up 7 million gallons of water a day. A second treatment plant, now online, has expanded that capacity to 10 million gallons of water a day.The Dyersburg wastewater system uses gravity flow mains and a series of pumps to get the wastewater to the treatment plant, which has a capacity to treat 9.5 million gallons of wastewater a day. It handles pretreated and domestic wastewater. Like Dyersburg, Newbern Light, Gas and Water gets its water supply from deep wells. After treatment, it distributes 2 million gallons water a day. Newbern has two wastewater treatment plants. One is a dedicated facility for Jimmy Dean Foods; the second plant - a trickling filter plant - serves the community.

Landfill

Disposal of non-hazardous waste is in a federal- and state-approved and certified sanitary landfill located within two miles of the Dyersburg city limits. The landfill's capacity is 100 years at the present rate of use.

Telecommunications

BellSouth, Dyer County's local service provider, offers a variety of services, including toll-free countywide calling. It stands ready to work with industrial customers to meet their individualized needs.
The Intelligent Network Services offers Touchstar, including Caller ID and ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network); standard T1 lines (both channelized megalink or non-channelized); frame relay and connectionlessdata services. Access is available to 1.544 megabits per second and 64 kilobits per second digital data transmission circuits.The central office in Dyersburg has a state-of-the-art digital stored program control system. Fiber optic cable is available in several areas of Dyer County with more fiber optic cable added continuously. BellSouth can provide centrex services and T1 service in B8ZS framing for compliance with a video teleconference network. There is 100 percent digital connectivity between centers in West Tennessee. BellSouth Mobility provides the county's local wireless cellular services.

Garbage Disposal

Dyersburg: City refuse is collected daily in the business district and twice weekly in the residential areas by the Municipal Sanitation Department. Dyer County: County garbage pickup is by private operator

Barker Brothers Waste: 731-885-5528
BFI: 731-286-8484

Disposal is by a sanitary landfill outside the city limits.