Efficient Irrigation Protects Our Island’s Water Supply
Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) encourages its customers to be mindful of water efficiency at all times. The procurement, treatment, and distribution of tap water on our precious barrier island comes at considerable effort and cost. It has been observed that on an annual basis 40 to 60 percent of the demand for tap […]
Sanitary sewer smoke testing and manhole inspections set to start Nov. 3
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (October 21, 2025) – Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) will conduct smoke testing and manhole inspections of its sanitary sewer system over a two-week period starting Nov. 3, weather permitting. The work will occur in the Bradley Beach Road, Burkes Beach, Bradley Circle, Singleton Beach, Indigo Run, and Hilton Head […]
BJWSA and Hilton Head PSD to conduct annual water main flushing program
OKATIE and HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (October 3, 2025) – Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) Hilton Head Public Service District (HHPSD) and Broad Creek Public Service District (BCPSD) will temporarily change drinking water treatment method and flush water lines throughout their service areas for a two-week period starting October 17. The change is part […]
Hilton Head PSD Water Quality Laboratory recognized as Laboratory of Excellence
Hilton Head Public Service District’s (PSD) Water Quality Laboratory has once again been recognized as a Laboratory of Excellence as part of its annual certification by the S.C. Department of Environmental Services. The independent agency that conducts the certification recognized the PSD lab “achieving 100% acceptable data” in a group of more than 370 participating […]
Port Royal Community Charitable Fund awards $5,000 grant to Project SAFE
The Port Royal Community Charitable Fund recently awarded a $5,000 grant to Project SAFE (Sewer Access for Everyone) to help income-qualified homeowners connect to the Hilton Head PSD public sewer system. Project SAFE is a charitable fund of the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry. Since its inception in 1999, SAFE has helped more than a […]
PSD customers donate pop tabs for RMHC of Coastal Empire
Hilton Head PSD customers have a tradition of collecting Pop Tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of the Coastal Empire in Savannah, Ga. The program started around 2016 when Commissioner Patti Soltys of PSD Voting District 3 joined the PSD Commission. Soltys had been involved in RMHC and asked if the PSD’s drive-through […]
Hilton Head PSD earns 5-Year Partnership for Safe Water Directors Award
Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) has earned the 5-Year Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water for its efforts toward optimization of its drinking water distribution system. The award recognizes the PSD’s ongoing, rigorous self-assessment of its drinking water system. The award is earned via review by utility peers from around the country. […]
Hilton Head PSD’s Nardi named chair of national water conservation group
Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) General Manager Pete Nardi has been named Chair of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Conservation Division and appointed to the AWWA’s Technical Education Council. Nardi has been an AWWA Trustee since 2022. The AWWA is an international, nonprofit, scientific and educational society dedicated to providing total water […]
Hilton Head PSD earns 15th straight financial reporting award
Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). This is the PSD’s 15th consecutive year receiving the award. It is “the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a […]
Hilton Head PSD earns Facility Excellence Awards
Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) has earned the S.C. Department of Environmental Services’ Facility Excellence Awards for the PSD’s Recycled Water Plant on Oak Park Drive, and for its sanitary sewer collection system. The awards, which recognize the PSD team for environmental protection and regulatory compliance, were presented at the Water Environment Association of […]