Inside of the Town limits, electric power is supplied by Duke. A 24-hour, toll-free number is provided for reporting emergencies or outages to Duke (1-800-343-3525). The number
Natural gas is supplied by Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). For new gas service or to activate or terminate service if a gas line is already installed in your location, call (1-800-422-6199).
Telephone service is provided by Frontier. For residential service hook up call 1-800-921-8101
North Manchester owns and operates its own water and sewage treatment facilities. To connect or disconnect service or to pay your monthly bill, you may visit the North Manchester Public Works (Utility) Office at 103 E. Main Street. To reach the office by telephone, you may call 982-9800.
The utility for storm water management was created in 1994 in response to federal and state mandates to eliminate surface (storm) water from our combined sewers. Currently, too much of our surface water flows through the combined sewers which were meant to carry raw sewage to our treatment plant. This prevents adequate treatment of the raw sewage. It also processes the storm water that doesn’t need to be treated, when it should be going directly to the river.
These government mandates meant that we had to begin the lengthy process of installing new storm water lines to separate surface water from raw sewage. To fund this, the Storm Water Management Board established a
You may call the Public Works Office (982-9800), the Water Plant (982-2993), or the Town Manager’s Office (982-9800 Ext. 376) if you have questions about the
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Additional Utility Information
Electricity | |
Duke | (town) |
Wabash County REMC | (rural) |
Natural Gas | |
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. |
(NIPSCO) |
Fuel Oils | Local Distributors |
LP Gas | Local Distributors |
Water North Manchester Municipal | |
Source | Deep Wells |
System Capacity | 1.8 MGPD |
Average Daily Consumption | 1.0 MGPD |
Peak Consumption | 1.8 MGPD |
Water Hardness | 3 Grains/Million Gal. |
Iron | None |
Calcium | 1 Part/Million |
PH | 8.0 PH |
Sanitary Sewer North Manchester Municipal (100% of Community Covered) |
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Treatment Plant Type | Class 3, Activated Sludge |
Systems Capacity | 1.25 MGPD |
Average Daily Load | 950,000 – 1.0 MGPD |
Storm Sewer 60% of Community Covered | |
Garbage Disposal Wabash Valley Disposal | |
Recycling | |
Curbside Recycling | Wabash Valley Disposal |
Drop-off Recycling | Ace Hardware Lot Wabash Co. Solid Waste Mgmt. District |
Landfill | |
Wabash Valley Landfill Co. (private) |
Life Expectancy 20 |