Category: General News

In cooperation with and supporting the sixth annual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Fix a Leak Week, the BGJWSC would like to take this opportunity to remind homeowners to check their plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems for leaks.

During the regular course of business, the BGJWSC responds to leaks and helps identify whether a leak has presented itself on private plumbing, which will affect only your billing charges, or on the public side of the meter, which affects the cost of providing service to all customers. In either case, it is our collective duty to ensure that this precious resource is consumed, not lost to leakage. (more…)

In observance of the President’s Day national holiday, our offices will be closed this coming Monday, February 17. We will return on Tuesday, February 18.

We will have emergency field staff available during the holiday.

Due to the expected inclement weather, the Joint Water and Sewer Commission Administrative Office located at 700 Gloucester St, along with non-essential field offices, will be closed from 5:00 PM Tuesday (1/28/14) until 10:00 AM Wednesday (1/29/14).

Emergency services and our online payment system will still be available during this time.

The Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission maintains the public sewer system in Glynn County.  We make every possible effort to prevent sewer backups and overflows in the system but some of that effort is up to you as well.  Please help fight sewer backups by following a few simple steps:

1. Pour cooled fats, oils and grease into a covered, disposable container and throw it into your garbage.  Never pour fats, oils or grease down sink drains or toilets.
2. Soak up remaining oils and grease with an absorbent material such as paper towels and throw into your garbage.
3. Before you wash dishes, scrape food scraps, fats, oils and grease into your garbage or compost.  Do not use the garbage disposal.
4. Use sink strainers to catch any remaining food waste while washing dishes, and dispose of the waste in the trash.

In observance of the national holiday celebrating the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., our offices will be closed this coming Monday, January 20 and will return on Tuesday, January 21.

We will have emergency field staff available during the holiday.

Today, we welcomed to our board two new commissioners, Thomas A. Boland, Sr. and David H. Ford, both of Brunswick. They were sworn in today by Judge Debra Howes after having been chosen by Grand Jury to serve on the Joint Water & Sewer Commission for two years.

With record low temperatures in our forecast for the next 48 hours, please be prepared to leave a tap dripping steadily with around a quarter inch stream during the night and anytime when the outside temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.  Please cover any exposed outside plumbing with heavy blankets and drain any hoses or irrigation systems, if you are able.

The video below, though produced by the City of Spokane, Washington, is very appropriate in the coming weather:

Unlike the video commentary, please be aware that you or may not have a courtesy hand valve on your side of the water meter.

Today, the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission bid farewell to Commissioner Tony Sammons, who has served the JWSC since July 2005, and Commissioner George Dupuy, who has served since January 2013.

We’ve prepared a video for you that highlights our staff, our purpose and our facilities:

The state of Georgia will have an ENERGY STAR and WaterSense Sales Tax Holiday on Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6, 2013.

For more details and a list of qualifying items, please visit the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority website here.