community owned consumer focused organization providing competitive services in an efficient reliable economically and environmentally responsible manner 1 type non profit consumer owned industry electric water telecommunications founded 1889 in wyandotte michigan usa headquarters wyandotte michigan usa key people roderick j. lesko 2 general manager products electric service broadband internet voip water services website www.wyan.org wms administrative offices and studio wyandotte municipal services is a not for profit service provider located in wyandotte michigan . the services that wms provides are electric cable telecommunications and water supply and treatment to the city of wyandotte . wms was created by local residents more than 100 years ago . the city of wyandotte michigan is the only community to own and operate its own power plant water treatment plant and cable tv headend . contents 1 electric services 1.1 wyandotte municipal power plant 1.2 wyandotte municipal electric distribution system 2 cable television services 3 water services 3.1 wyandotte municipal water treatment plant 3.2 wyandotte municipal water distribution system 4 external links 5 references electric services edit in december 1889 the wyandotte electric light company initially provided street lighting and electric service for the city . 3 at this time the company was a for profit entity . after a few years residents voted to create a municipal electric utility . 4 currently wms is one of the 41 public power systems in michigan and one of 2 000 public power systems in the united states . the electric system alone generates 22.2 million in revenues and sold 282 million kilowatt hours in the year 2001 . it is a member of the american municipal power ohio . 5 peak electric demands which occur during the summer span from 65 to 70 megawatts . the electric system has three sources of supply to provide reliable and most economical service a 70 megawatt municipal power plant a 28 megawatt interconnection with detroit edison s 40 000 volt transmission system a 98 megawatt interconnection with detroit edison s 120 000 volt transmission system wyandotte municipal power plant edit the wyandotte municipal power plant has three boilers and four generators . types of fuels that are consumed are coal natural gas and tire derived fuel tdf . tdf is more efficient than coal has a higher btu value than coal and is about half the price of coal . it produces nearly the same emissions . 95 % of ash produced at the power plant becomes recycled materials like cement and is used in steel production . 13 000 tons of tdf which is the equivalent of 2.6 million tires were used at the power plant in 2001 . wyandotte municipal electric distribution system edit the electric distribution system is separate from that of the surrounding areas . wms owns its own lines which in turn are connected to the municipal power plant . they consist of 12.5 miles 20.1 km of 69 000 volt transmission lines and 75.3 miles 121.2 km of 13 200 volt and 4 800 volt distribution lines . also without additional charge wms maintains street lighting in the community . cable television services edit a billboard advertising the cable television service now branded as wyandotte cable . in 1981 local residents created the wyandotte municipal telecommunications utility to provide cable television . cable television was installed in the first wyandotte homes in january 1983 . among the original channels carried on the wyandotte system included most of the local detroit windsor ontario broadcast stations plus toledo ohio pbs station wgte tv still carried to this date and then superstations wor tv out of new york city and wtbs out of atlanta . 6 high speed internet service was first made available in 2001 . a total of 9 972 cable tv customers and 1 815 high speed internet customers . the telecommunications system alone generates 4.4 million annually . 7 the system consists of over 275 digital channels digital pay per view selections two public educational and government access peg cable tv channels without additional charge the system contributes five percent of gross revenue to the city s general fund . the system is up to date . it was rebuilt from the headend to the consumer in 1998 . the system converted to digital in 2014 coinciding with a rebranding into wyandotte cable . again wms also owns the lines and they are separate from surrounding communities . it consists of 25 miles of fiber optic lines 72 miles of coaxial cable the system has its benefits over the other communities both in monthly service charges and in customer service . water services edit local residents also created the wyandotte municipal water utility for fire protection and also a safe source of drinking water . the utility has 11 142 consumers and 2.4 million alone in revenue . 1.86 billion us gallons 7 000 000 m3 of water were used in 2001 . wyandotte municipal water treatment plant edit wyandotte is the only downriver community that owns and operates a water treatment plant . the wyandotte municipal water treatment plant can produce up to 15 million us gallons 57 000 m3 of water per day . 8 the community s water source is the detroit river and the treatment process consists of screen or remove debris add alum for coagulation of suspended particles add chlorine for disinfection add phosphate for stabilization remove all suspended particles through filtration add fluoride to prevent tooth decay wyandotte municipal water distribution system edit the municipal water system is again separate then that of surrounding areas . the system consists of 110 miles 180 km of water mains ranging from 4 inches 100 mm to 30 inches 760 mm in diameter . 850 fire hydrants 500 000 us gallon 1 900 000 l water tower located in the south end of town 4.5 million us gallons 17 000 m3 of storage at ground level for peak demand and fire fighting . external links edit wyan.org electric cable telecommunications wyandotte.net local community website references edit wyandotte municipal services 1 2 3 green power network news 4 5 6 v t e wyandotte michigan history all metal products company wyandotte terminal railroad municipal services wyandotte municipal services primary and secondary schools wyandotte public schools theodore roosevelt high school our lady of mount carmel high school closed other education wayne county community college district landmarks our lady of the scapular parish culture wyandotte boat club this list is incomplete . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wyandotte municipal services & oldid 700704365 categories companies based in wayne county michigan navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity 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