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Year: 2024

11/22/24 9:52 a.m. Update: Jeffersonville Boil Advisory Lifted as part of Tank Demo Project

Posted on by Charlie Smith

11/22/24 9:52 a.m.: BOIL ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT

Beginning at 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 20, 2024, Sellersburg Water will be interrupting service to conduct a watermain project as part of the water tank demolition project currently under way in the 2900 block of Holmans Lane.

Beginning at approximately 11:30 p.m. 11/20/24, you will not have water pressure for a period of approximately two (2) hours. Upon restoration of service, Sellersburg Water Team Members will be out flushing hydrants to help eliminate air in the water mains in your area.  

Upon restoration of service, your address will be under a precautionary boil water advisory. Once 3rd party lab results are confirmed as part of the advisory process, you will be notified the precautionary advisory is lifted.

Discoloring and/or cloudy water can be expected. In some cases, this change in appearance might linger for a few hours. These changes only affect the appearance of the water and do not affect water quality. No health hazards are associated with these changes. If water pressure or water volume seems low after flushing has been completed, check your faucet screens for trapped particles.

WHAT TO DO TO PREPARE

  • Draw water for cooking ahead of time.
  • Do not set your washing machine or dishwasher to run overnight during this time.
  • Store a large bottle of water in the refrigerator for drinking.
  • Check for discolored water before using the washing machine or dishwasher.

ADDITIONAL CUSTOMER TIPS

  • Using the cold water, run your sinks, toilets, and tubs for a few minutes to flush potential air pockets from your service line once service is restored.
  • Avoid running your tap water and using the washing machine or dishwasher while crews are flushing in your area.
  • If discolored water occurs, simply run the cold water for a few minutes until it clears. This will allow the sediment to work its way through your pipes.
  • Check for discolored water before using the washing machine or dishwasher. Wait until the water runs clear at the tap before doing laundry or running the dishwasher. NOTE: If your laundry becomes stained, DO NOT PUT YOUR LAUNDRY IN THE DRYER. Rewash clothes immediately using detergent and add a rust remover. Most rust removers can also be used on stained fixtures.

This will impact the areas within RED and those along Holmans Ln south of the Water Plant as well as those along Allison Ln.

Service Line Inventory Information from Sellersburg Water

Posted on by Charlie Smith

The Town is required, like other water utilities established before 1986, to begin a service line inventory within our system by the EPA and IDEM (Indiana Department of Environmental Management). While we know what our watermains are, the builder of your home/business was responsible for anything from the meter to the structure and within the structure.

The Sellersburg Water Utility Department is focused on protecting the health of every household in our community and is working to identify service line materials throughout the water system.

The notices are being distributed to customers with unknown service line materials as required by the EPA. This notice does not mean we believe your drinking water is unsafe.

If you do not know what material your service line is, and if your home was built before 1986, there is the potential that some or all of the service line could be made of lead or galvanized pipe that was previously connected to lead. People living in homes with a lead or galvanized pipe previously connected to a lead service line have an increased risk of exposure to lead from their drinking water.

FIRST STEP: Identifying Service Line Material

EPA has developed an online step-by-step guide to help people identify lead pipes in their homes called Protect Your Tap: A Quick Check for Lead. It is available at: EPA’s How to Check Your Water Service Line.  

To help develop the service line inventory, please complete the survey by clicking the following link after you have identified your service line material: Sellersburg Water Service Line Inventory Survey.

Health Effects of Lead

Exposure to lead in drinking water can cause serious health effects in all age groups. Infants and children can have decreases in IQ and attention span. Lead exposure can lead to new learning and behavior problems or worsen existing learning and behavior problems. The children of women who are exposed to lead before or during pregnancy can have increased risk of these negative health effects. Adults can have increased risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, and kidney, or nervous system problems.

Steps You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water.

As noted above, receiving notice does not mean we believe your drinking water is unsafe. However, if you are concerned, below are steps that you may take, separately or in combination, to address your concerns about lead in your drinking water. The list also includes where you may find more information and is not intended to be a complete list or to imply that all actions equally reduce lead in drinking water. 

Get Your Child Tested to Determine Lead Levels in Their Blood

If you have a lead or galvanized service line or the service line material is unknown, you may wish to speak with a healthcare provider to see if your child’s blood lead level is elevated and/or if there is a need for blood testing, if you are concerned about potential exposure. Please visit the CDC’s Recommended Actions Based on Blood Lead Level for information on these actions.

For more information on reducing lead exposure from your drinking water and the health effects of lead, visit EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/lead.

Opportunity to Replace Lead or Galvanized Service Lines

If you determine your service line is lead or galvanized pipe, contact the Sellersburg Water Utility Department via email by clicking here: LCCR@sellersburg.org and please provide your name, address, city, telephone number, and email. We will keep your information on file as the Town is awaiting guidance from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) regarding their programming and funding opportunities for service line replacements.

Sellersburg Water Fall Hydrant Flushing

Posted on by Charlie Smith

The Sellersburg Water Utility will be conducting hydrant flushing throughout the water service system in late October of 2024.

For the Sellersburg Service Area, all customers north of the Sellersburg Water Plant located on Holmans Lane, flushing will begin October 21st. For full details, please click the link: Sellersburg Area Fall Hydrant Flushing – Sellersburg Service Area

For the Jeffersonville Service area, all customers south of the Sellersburg Water Plant located on Holmans Lane, flushing will begin October 28th. For full details, please click the link: Hydrant Flushing Jeffersonville Service Area of Sellersburg Water

Ordinance Updates Input Opportunity

Posted on by Charlie Smith

The Town of Sellersburg Council is asking for input from Town of Sellersburg Residents regarding updates to the Town’s Code, related to nuisances, as part of updating out of date General Regulation Ordinances. Some of these have not been review since the 1970’s.

Please read through the information below in its entirety. Instructions for email submissions is outlined below. However, it is preferred and encouraged that you come make public comment at one September Town Council Meetings held on September 9th and September 23rd beginning at 6pm at Town Hall.

Town Code §95.45 DEFINITIONS & §95.46 EXCESSIVE GROWTH PROHIBITED

The first update is related to mowing of yards. Currently, the Grass and Noxious Weed Standards in the Town Code do not include maintenance of landscaped areas.

What this update would do is include landscaped areas to not have overgrowth of 9″ or more of certain weeds. It does not permit the Town to dictate how bushes are trimmed, if it is mulched or not, etc.

What it does do is hold a minimum standard of maintenance to not allow uncontrolled growth of certain weeds and invasive species as outlined by the Purdue Extension Office.

Excessive Growth Draft UpdateDownload

Please review the attached draft of the existing and proposed Town Codes. If you have input on this topic, please attend a Town Council Meeting starting at 6pm and held at Town Hall on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month to have your comments heard. If you would like to contact your Town Councilman, you find their contact information and district map by clicking here: Town Councilman Information. When emailing your Councilman, please include your name and address within your email.

Town Code §95.01 – §95.04 PUBLIC NUISANCES & §95.15 – §95.17 ABATEMENT PROCEDURES

The second Town Code up for review is in response to the #1 complaint from residents: Code Enforcement Issues. The Town Council is seeking input from residents on how best to address this concern by updating the Town Code that relates to Public Nuisances.

The Town’s current Public Nuisance Ordinances are very dated and do not do a very good job of explaining what a ‘public nuisance’ is. In addition, the Town’s structure has changed as to who would carry out the enforcement process.

The proposed updates are an attempt to add context and definition to what a ‘public nuisance’ is. Within the proposed updates, there is extensive list of examples as to what constitutes a ‘public nuisance’ as well as a more clearly outlined path of notification, enforcement, and abatement processes to help clean up the Town of Sellersburg.

Nuisance Draft UpdatesDownload

Please review the attached draft of the existing and proposed Town Codes. If you have input on this topic, please attend a Town Council Meeting starting at 6pm and held at Town Hall on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month to have your comments heard. If you would like to contact your Town Councilman, you find their contact information and district map by clicking here: Town Councilman Information. When emailing your Councilman, please include your name contact information within your email in the event they have follow-up questions for.

You can also email the general information inbox at info@sellersburg.org. Again, please include your name and contact information.

Sellersburg Celebrates Parade Route Traffic Alert

Posted on by Charlie Smith

2024 Parade Traffic Notice:

Please note road closures as part of the 2024 Sellersburg Celebrates Parade. Beginning approx. 10am thru Noon on 8/24/24, ALL cross streets along the parade route will be closed. This includes US31 and New Albany Streets.

Please detour via using St. Joe East between Speed and SR60 or Salem-Noble Road between CR403 and SR62 during this time.

https://www.sellersburgcelebrates.org

Click HERE for printable image.

Solicitor Licensing

Posted on by Charlie Smith

Information Regarding Solicitors:
It’s that time of the year where door-to-door solicitors may come knocking. The Town of Sellersburg does have a licensing requirement for this activity. Details can be found here: Click HERE to review the Solicitation Licensing Ordinance

The goal of this ordinance, first and foremost, is for the safety of our residents. That is why there are background checks required as part of the licensing process. In addition, this ordinance is meant to protect property owners and their peace at home from unwanted salespeople, most who, unfortunately, have taken to high pressure tactics. This was adopted in February of 2023 and does not impact kids selling Girl or Boy Scouts items, school fundraisers, etc.

If you have a solicitor approach you, ask them for their license. If you or your neighborhood has a “No Solicitors” sign posted, even if they have a license, they are in violation. If they are not listed below, they DO NOT have a Town issued license, please alert SPD by calling (812)246-4491.

CURRENT LICENSE HOLDERS:

MOXIE PEST CONTROL/Permit # 2024-001: Expires 8/12/24 Jason Shepherd

MOXIE PEST CONTROL/Permit # 2024-002: Expires 8/12/24 Nicholas Hale

MOXIE PEST CONTROL/Permit # 2024-003: Expires 8/12/24 Logan Wade

Prather St. Closure for Spot Repairs along US-31

Posted on by Charlie Smith

Prather St. at US-31 will be closed Wednesday morning (6/12/24) from approximately 4am through 8am for asphalt spot repairs along the seam where it meets US-31.

During this time, please use Allhands Ave. to Highland Ave. to access US-31.

As always, please use caution around our worker as you drive this area.

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as we work in that area.

Click here for an expanded view of the map.

5/22/24: Fulton/Wildwood/Norman Area Watermain Break

Posted on by Charlie Smith

5:35pm 5/23/24 Update: The precautionary boil water advisory that was issued on 5/22/24 for your address is now lifted. Third-party testing results confirmed no foreign bacteria or contamination in the water supply. If you have not already, it is recommended that you flush your cold-water faucets for several minutes to help bleed air out of your system. Thank you.9:15pm 5/22/24 Update: Water service is now being restored. Those impacted should flush your cold water taps for a few minutes to clear air out of the lines. You will also be on a 48hr boil advisory pending results from a 3rd party lab.


In the afternoon of 5/22/24, an un-permitted boring company doing work for a communications company, hit the water main located on Wildwood Drive in the Creston Neighborhood.

At approximately 5:30pm, crews were able to isolate the impacted area to the following addresses:

  • On Wildwood Drive: 606, 610, 611, 616, 617, 620, 629, 630
  • All addresses on Fulton Street
  • All addressed on N. Norman Drive
  • On Edgewood Drive: 602

If you are in the impacted area, your service is currently interrupted. This outage impacts approximately 35 customers. Once the repair is complete and service is restored, your address will be on a precautionary 48 Hour Precautionary Boil Water Advisory pending testing results from a 3rd party testing laboratory.

Anticipated time of repair completion: Approximately 10:00pm 5/22/24 or before.

If you have questions, please call 812.246.3821 extension 5 to contact our 24 Hour On-Call Technician.

Once the Precautionary Boil Advisory is lifted, you will be notified directly by a representative of Sellersburg Water.

UPDATE on US-31 Project in Sellersburg

Posted on by Charlie Smith

On September 15, 2022 INDOT hosted a public information meeting regarding the upcoming US-31 Project that was originally scheduled to begin in summer of 2023.

Due to ongoing design challenges, INDOT pushed back the start of this project until Spring of 2025. The letting date for bid for this INDOT Project is July of 2024. Plan to see some construction work related to utility relocations begin in late summer of 2024.

For those wishing to know more about the project, all information can be found at this link:

US-31 INDOT Project

You can also stop by Town Hall to view large maps of the project posted in the hallway.

If you have additional questions regarding this project, please visit INDOT4U.com

4/24/24 Water Main Break

Posted on by Charlie Smith

4/25/24 8:30pm UPDATE: The precautionary boil advisory related to this post is no longer in effect.

4/25/24 1:00am UPDATE: Service to the impacted area was restored at approximately 12:30am on 4/25/24. As noted below, those within the impacted area will be on a 48hr Boil Advisory as outlined below.

4/24/24: At approximately 7:30pm, Sellersburg Water was notified of a potential water main break at 8098 S. Indiana Ave. (US-31) in front of the Sellersburg Moose Lodge.

Shortly before 8pm, crews were able to isolate the break using newly installed valves within the system. The area of isolation includes the Sellersburg Moose Lodge, all businesses at the Silver Creek Logistics Center, those located on Bringham Dr., Industrial Blvd. and Progress Way, as well as households between 1006 S. Indiana Ave. and 1020 S. Indiana Ave. This isolation will impact approximately 17 households and 22 businesses.

All impacted customers have been notified via email and texts on file in our billing system. If you have not received notification via email and/or text from Sellersburg Water regarding this break, you are asked to contact the Billing Office at (812)246-3821 during normal business hours to verify your contact information on file to receive emergency notifications directly from Sellersburg Water.

*Yellow shaded area shows the impacted service area*

Once water service is restored, customers in the impacted area will be on a 48-hour precautionary boil water advisory pending testing results from a 3rd party testing laboratory. However, precautionary boil advisories usually last from 18 to 24 hours and customers will be notified in the same manner when the advisory has been lifted.

Customers should flush their cold water taps for a few minutes once service is restored to bleed air from their lines.

Once the boil water advisory is lifted, notification will be published on this website, the Town’s Facebook, news media, and customers will be contacted directly using the information on file in our billing department.

During the time of isolation for the repair, surrounding users may experience a drop in water pressure due to the rerouting of water flow within the system. Pressure to these areas will return once repairs have been completed.