Louisville, Kentucky

===Utilities===

[[File:Louisville water tower.jpg|thumb|upright|Completed in 1860, the [[Louisville Water Tower]] is the oldest water tower in the U.S.]]

Electricity is provided to the Louisville Metro area by [[Louisville Gas & Electric]].
Water is provided by the [[Louisville Water Company]], which provides water to more than 800,000 residents in Louisville as well as parts of [[Oldham County, Kentucky|Oldham]] and [[Bullitt County, Kentucky|Bullitt]] counties. Additionally, they provide wholesale water to the outlying counties of [[Shelby County, Kentucky|Shelby]], [[Spencer County, Kentucky|Spencer]] and [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson]].<ref>Data from [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/LWC Louisville Water] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415204341/http://www.louisvilleky.gov/LWC |date=April 15, 2009 }}</ref>

The [[Ohio River]] provides for most of the city's source of [[drinking water]]. Water is drawn from the river at two points: the [[raw water]] [[pumping station|pump station]] at Zorn Avenue and River Road, and the B.E. Payne Pump Station northeast of [[Harrods Creek, Louisville|Harrods Creek]]. Water is also obtained from a riverbank infiltration well at the Payne Plant. There are also two [[water purification|water treatment plants]] serving the Louisville Metro area: The Crescent Hill Treatment Plant and the B.E. Payne Treatment Plant. In June 2008, the Louisville Water Company received the "Best of the Best" award from the American Water Works Association, citing it as the best-tasting drinking water in the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.awwa.org/publications/MainStreamArticle.cfm?itemnumber=36618 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326024952/http://www.awwa.org/publications/MainStreamArticle.cfm?itemnumber=36618 |archive-date=March 26, 2012 |title=Louisville wins best water taste test |date=June 10, 2008 |publisher=American Water Works Association |access-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref>