Electric power is distributed in Decatur County by the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) through the Lexington Electric System.
A 161/69KV primary substation of 100,000 KW capacity and four secondary
69/13KV substations with a combined total capacity of 82,000 KW serves the
area.
A 12,000 KW substation is located in the immediate Parsons area.
Natural Gas is distributed in Decatur County by the Parsons Natural Gas
System from the Tennessee Gas
Pipeline Company. The system is supplied
through a six-inch high pressure transmission line with an average heat
content of 1,032 BTU per cubic foot.
Parsons secures its water from Beech River and utilizes a rapid sand
filter plant with a treatment consisting of flocculation, sedimentation,
filtration, chlorination and fluoridation. Water storage in Parsons is
provided by two elevated tanks holding 1,000,000 gallons. Current
consumption is 800,000 gallons per day.
Decaturville secures its water from 9 wells with a capacity of 200,000 GPD.
Storage capacity is 500,000. Current consumption is 150,000 GPD.
The Parsons sewage treatment plant is designed to treat up to 800,000
gallons of sewage per day in an aerated lagoon. The maximum daily use of
the sewage treatment plant is 400,000 gallons per day. Eighty-five percent
of the city is served by sanitation sewers and 10 percent served by storm
sewers.
Decaturville sewage treatment is a package plant with oxidation ditches.
The current consumption is 50 percent of the capacity.
The other areas of the county are served by the Perryville Utility, North
Utility and Scotts Hill-Bath Springs water districts.
Parsons, Decaturville and Scotts Hill fire services are joined by 5 more
rural substations to provide county fire protection. The fire class rating
for Parsons is 6, Decaturville and Scotts Hill have a class 7 rating.
TDS Telecom is
the Local, Long Distance, and High-Speed Internet DSL service provider for
Decatur County. TDS Telecom is also the voice and data communication's
business partner, specializing in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and
traditional Business Phone Systems (Nortel, Mitel), Virtual Private
Networks (VPN), Data Hardware, and Managed Services.
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