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Public Works & Other Services |
Garbage Collection - The Town provides
collection of garbage and solid waste each Friday for
residents.
Roll carts are provided to each household and should be placed
on the curbside by early Friday morning to ensure pickup.
Damaged or stolen carts may be replaced by contacting Town Hall
during regular hours. Garbage collection is provided under
contract by Waste Management of SC.
Yard waste, composed of small limbs and leaves is collected on
an as needed basis. Residents should create separate piles of
leaves and limbs as specific machinery is used to collect each.
Larger items, such as appliances and furniture, are only
collected semi annually during community wide clean up events
and are widely publicized in advance. Large items may be taken
by the resident to the County Landfill any time of the year.
Hazardous materials, tires, paint, and related materials should
be taken directly to the landfill.
Residents may also deposit household trash at the Spartanburg
County Collection Center located on Ellis Road. (Directions -
US Hwy 29 towards Spartanburg, turn left at first traffic light
onto Clifton Road, Collection Center on left.) Open 7am - 7 pm
Monday thru Saturday. The Collection Center does not accept
furniture, tires, lumber or other large items. These items must
be collected by private contractors or taken to the County
Landfill in Wellford.
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Road & Street Maintenance -
Most all streets and roadways in the Town are owned and
maintained by either the South Carolina Department of
Transportation (SC DOT) or the Spartanburg County Department of
Roads & Bridges.
Employees of the Town Street Department will remove fallen
limbs, dead animals and debris from the roadways when State and
County work crews are unavailable.
Traffic signals are maintained exclusively by the SC DOT.
The town maintains local street signs, and occasionally mows
grass and weeds along roadsides which are not maintained on a
regular basis by other agencies.
SC DOT Spartanburg Maintenance - (864) 587-4725
SC Highway Patrol - (864) 587-4700
Spartanburg County Roads & Bridges - (864) 595-5320
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Animal Control
Complaints
regarding pets and animals are handled jointly by the Town of
Cowpens and Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement.
Barking dog complaints and incidents involving serious injury or
the threat of immediate injury should be reported to the Cowpens
Police Department.
Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement handles incidents
of animals roaming at large, rabies tags, license violations,
dangerous, vicious, and nuisance animals, strays and unwanted
animals and animals that must be quarantined. (864) 596-3582
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Water & Sewer -
The Spartanburg Water System and Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer
District maintain and control all aspects of the water and sewer
systems.
Questions or comments concerning water and sewer should be
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