HWEA resumes drive-thru business at its main office

The utility will discontinue drive-thru service it used during the pandemic at the Forbes Building.

Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority customers will be able to use the drive-thru window at the utility’s main office, 401 E. Ninth St., beginning the morning of Tuesday, July 6, officials said in a news release. Customers may also resume business inside the office during regular hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

At the close of business Friday, the utility will discontinue the drive-thru service it has used during the pandemic at the Forbes Building on South Virginia Street. 

Customers may also use the automated phone service by calling 270-887-4246. 

HWEA’s offices will be closed Monday for the Fourth of July holiday. 

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.