Every winter, many homeowners and business owners face the inconvenience and expense that come with frozen water pipes. As we ease from Autumn into Winter, now is a good time to review ways to protect household pipes from freezing temperatures.

UPDATE: 3:50 P.M. Phone lines are back in service.

Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) Executive Director Steve Sorrell, PE, MPA, announced at the utility’s regular board meeting Tuesday of his plans to retire sometime this year.

ECUA offices will be closed on Labor Day; All sanitation collection schedules unaffected.

The Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule, a provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, requires water suppliers to provide annual reports on the quality of their drinking water to their customers by July 1, each year.

ECUA potable water meets all federal and state water quality standards.