ELECTRICITY
Most of the electric
co-ops in our region will extend a line to you if you
have a water source ( that is, a well) and have started a permanent foundation or something similar to
this.
If you
don't meet these requirements, but want to run an electric line out into the woods so the
squirrels can read at night, or for a longer distance, they'll charge you a
standard fee which some companies will amortize out of your future payments.
See our list of
local electric co-ops at the bottom of this page..
TELEPHONE & INTERNET
Telephone and internet service
at all our locations is provided by Centurylink.
www.Centurylink.com
Centurylink provides dial-up and some broadband internet
service. If they do not serve your area with broadband, satellite service
is available through Hughes.net
MAIL DELIVERY
Unless someone has
occupied your property before you, you will need to be assigned a rural mailing
address (box number). To get this, apply at the U.S. Post Office nearest
your property.
GAS
Propane Gas is available to all parts of this area and the gas companies will be
more than happy to lease you a tank and sell you all you'll ever want.
Look for Gas Companies in the local Yellow
Pages.
SEWAGE
You
will be required to provide sewage disposal for your property
by way of a septic tank, sewage lagoon, composting toilet system or outhouse.
The State of Missouri says that any
septic system on less than three acres be built to Missouri Department of
Natural Resources specifications. You can get information on these by
speaking to the Health Department in your respective County Seat.
Parcels of 5 acres or greater are virtually
unrestricted. Since they do not endanger the ground-water, composting
toilets and outhouses are not restricted.
