Virginians enjoy a very sophisticated and highly reliable telecommunications system by virtue of more than 675,000 miles of fiber-optic cable and state-of-the-art digital switching equipment . Customers have access to a full range of high quality, technologically advanced communications services.
A dual fiber optics network links York County to Richmond and the Northeastern U.S.'s, and to Atlanta and the Southeastern U.S.'s major telecommunication's corridors. The two largest regional telecom companies are Verizon and Cox Communications, each of which have invested in a first tier, fiber-optic link. The two cooperate to assure the region's network is robust as well as redundant.
Utilities
York County businesses take advantage of Hampton Roads' well-developed business infrastructure that includes regional waste water treatment through the Hampton Roads Sanitation District and service from
the Peninsula's regional water provider, Newport News Water Works.
Electricity
Dominion Virginia Power supplies electricity to all of York County, including multi-phased power to each
industrial park.
Natural Gas
Virginia Natural Gas supplies Industrial Parks and other commercial areas of the County with natural gas.
Telecommunications
Verizon and Cox Communications provide telephone service, high-tech fiber optics, and digital communications. This extensive high-tech infrastructure has led to the region's
number ten national ranking in Internet penetration.
Waste Management
York County 's Division of Solid Waste Management handles all solid waste generated in the County. For large commercial projects, BFI, Area Containers, and Waste Management are available for pick-up services.
Water and Sewer
York County 's Division of Utilities is responsible for overseeing the water & sewer activities in the County. The existing infrastructure consists of over 307 miles of force and gravity sewer mains, over 52 miles of vacuum main, 66 pump/lift and or vacuum stations and serves roughly 17,500 customers. It is projected that over six million dollars a year for the next several years will be spent on extending the water and sewer lines in the County.
Newport News Water Works provides water to a majority of the County. The gross capacity of the water system is 90 million gallons per day.
Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) provides sewer treatment to all of York County. The gross capacity of the sewer system is 15 million gallons per day. HRSD and the County are actively developing a new water re-use project that has the potential to provide businesses with an inexpensive supply of processed water.
