SouthWest Water Company (SouthWest Water) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, South Carolina Utility Systems, Inc. has acquired the South Carolina wastewater utility operations of Ni Pacolet Milliken Utilities (Ni) from Pacolet Milliken, LLC. Ni owns regulated wastewater and water utility companies serving customers in South Carolina and Florida. Ni’s holdings include Palmetto Utilities, Palmetto […]

Funds donated to Wateree Community Action, Inc. will assist Palmetto customers in need of assistance to pay sewer bills. Palmetto Utilities, Inc. (“Palmetto”) announces that it will donate $150,000 to Wateree Community Actions, Inc., for the purpose of assisting its customers with sewer bills. Palmetto has committed to an annual contribution of $50,000 for a […]

In 2017, Ni invested $80 million in improvements to its Palmetto Utilities system including: Expansion of Spears Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant’s capacity (in Kershaw County near Columbia) from 6 million gallons per day to 12 million gallons per day to accommodate additional flow resulting from high new customer growth. Improving the treatment process at the […]