Dearborn County offers a wide variety of utilities and communications services to its businesses and residents. The numerous utility providers create a comprehensive utility environment, with services suited to the smallest and largest of users.
Water
Water is provided to Dearborn County by eleven water companies, with capacity ranging from 150,000 to 2,500,000 gallons per day.
• North Dearborn Water District
• Tri-Township Water Corp.
• Valley Rural Utilities
• Greendale Water District
• Lawrenceburg/Manchester Sparta Water District
• Lawrenceburg Municipal Utilities
• Hogan Water Corp.
• Hoosier Hills Regional Water District
• Dillsboro Water District
• Aurora Water District
• Aberdeen Pate Water Co.
Sewer
Sanitary sewer service is provided to Dearborn County's residents and business by eleven service and/or treatment providers, with treatment capacity ranging from 300,000 to 6,000,000 gallons per day.
- Dearborn County Regional Sewer District
- South Dearborn Regional Sewer District
- Lawrenceburg Municipal Utilities
- Logan-Miller-Harrison Utilities
- Greendale Utilities
- Aurora Utilities
- St. Leon Sewer
- Dillsboro
- Harrison
- Moores Hill
- Valley Rural
Environment
- Solid Waste Disposal
- Hazardous Waste
- Environmental Permitting
Electricity
Electricity is provided to Dearborn County by seven electric distributors, three of which are the municipal utility districts of Lawrenceburg, Greendale, and West Harrison. The other four companies are the Southeast Indiana R.E.M.C., the Whitewater Valley R.E.M.C., Duke Energy Indiana and Duke Energy Ohio.
There are two major power pool associations associated with this area: Midwest Independent Power Operators (MISO) and Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA).
Natural Gas
Natural gas is provided to certain parts of Dearborn County by four natural gas companies: Lawrenceburg Gas Co., Aurora Utilities, Ohio Valley Gas Co., and SE Indiana Natural Gas Co.
Voice & Data
Telecommunications (voice & data) services in Dearborn County are provided by a number of different vendors including:
- 7 Long Distance Telephone Companies
- 6 Cellular Service Providers
- 7 Internet Service Providers
- 5 Cable & Satellite Providers
