Kingston Water Department

The Brickyard on North St. will be flushing their hydrants and water lines tomorrow in preparation of opening for this season. There is a possibility that this will cause some rusty water in the surrounding neighborhood. They are scheduled to begin this work in the morning and be done before noon. The work is being done by a licensed City of Kingston plumber who has promised to do everything possible to minimize disruptions to the water supply.

There will be a meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners on April 14, 2021 at 5PM. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this will be a virtual meeting. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting, many do so by registering at the following link: When: Apr 14, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: April Meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners... Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_AQdnq0ydQSi1lVNeWUC_fQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. You may submit questions during the public comment period, through the chat feature. The meeting will also be livestreamed on this page and the recording of the meeting will be posted to the City's You tube channel following the meeting.

We have an emergency water main repair this morning on Rock Street. We will be shutting water off to Rock Street to repair the main. Customers in the surrounding area could experience brown or rusty water. We will update when the repair is completed. Thank you.

On march 18th areas of downtown,. Ponchockie, and the Avenues are experiencing rusty water. This is due to an illegal and unscheduled fire flow test at 200 North St. (Brickyard).

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On Saturday, January 9, 2021, the KWD will be making emergency repairs to a valve located in Albany Ave., near the intersection of St. James Court. In the interest of public and worker safety, we will be detouring all traffic on Albany Ave. inbound from the City/Town line onto Tremper Avenue as shown on the map. Outbound traffic on Albany Ave from the area of Col. Chandler Drive to the City line will be directed around the work site as shown on the map. In advance, we thank you for your patience and cooperation and ask that you avoid that area if possible.

Update on water main break on Post Street: The repair is complete and everyone that lost water during the repair should be back on. If your water is rusty or discolored, please run it for a few minutes to clear the lines. Thank you for your cooperation. Photo shows the repair clamps and the new section of main that was used to make the repair.

There is a water main break on Post Street. We were notified this afternoon of the condition and our crew is on site, has identified the problem, excavated the hole and is working to make the repair. The water will be shut off on Spring St from Hone St. to Broadway and on Post St. from Spring St. to Hunter St. It is anticipated that the repair will take a couple of hours and then water will be restored. Please be patient with our staff as they work to make the repair and restore your water service so that everyone can get back to enjoying their Holiday. Thank you and Happy New Year!

Due to today's storm, the business office of the Kingston Water Department is closed today and will reopen tomorrow, Friday December 18, 2020 at 8:30 am. Stay home and be safe!

The November meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners will be held tomorrow at 5:30PM via Zoom. The link to register for the meeting is: Topic: November Meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners Register in advance for this webinar:... https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_wk5rrSZ-Ti6OosXif2Ylqw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Please note that the start time for this meeting is 5:30PM and not 5:00 PM as is customary for the Water Board.

The Board of Water Commissioners will hold a workshop meeting on the proposed 2021 Water Department Budget on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 2:30 PM. The Zoom link for the meeting is: Register in advance for this workshop: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_VEFednGeQEG3iEw2uWK62g... After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. No action will be taken on the Budget (or any other matter) at this workshop. Rather, it is being held to allow the Commissioners to ask questions and make suggestions regarding the 2021 Budget. The vote on the Budget is expected to take place at the November meeting of the Board. A copy of the draft budget will be posted on the Water Department's Webpage: www.kingston-ny.gov/water

The Board of Water Commissioners meeting for October, will be held on October 14, 2020 and will begin at 5PM. Please join us via Zoom link: When: Oct 14, 2020 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Board of Water Commissioners June 10, 2020 Meeting... Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_0I_hTxSsTsmp4BRq174ovg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. All who register will automatically receive the link to view the meeting.

1905 Post Card of Cooper's Lake. At the time it was a small Catskill pond with about 250,000 gallons of water and not the 1.5 billion gallon reservoir that was built by the KWD over the intervening years. The handwritten caption on the card notes that this is "where Kingston gets her extra water supply" because at that time, most of the City's water came from our Sawkill Watershed and Cooper's lake was only used to augment the flow of the Sawkill Creek during the summer months. Today, water is piped from our Intake on the Mink Hollow Creek into Cooper Lake Reservoir and is stored there until needed. From Cooper it is piped through our treatment system and delivered to your tap for less than a penny a gallon!

There is currently a vacancy on the Board of Water Commissioners. The Kingston Water Department is a financially and administratively independent department of the City of Kingston, NY. The Board establishes all policy for the Department, sets rates, and establishes all rules as it relates to the Water Department. The Board meets monthly (2nd Wednesday of each month). All Commissioners must be residents of the City of Kingston, NY. The Kingston Water Department was estab...lished in 1895 to provide the City of Kingston with drinking water. Consider volunteering to be a member of the Board and help guide the Department for our next century of operations. To apply: https://www.kingston-ny.gov/content/8399/8491/default.aspx

As reported earlier this evening, the DOT contractor working on the Roundabout broke the water main and caused a catastrophic release of water which sent a plume of rusty water throughout uptown and midtown. Our crews are done flushing and we believe the system is back to normal. If you still have rusty water, please run your water for several minutes to rid your internal plumbing of the discolored water. If after flushing for several minutes, the turbidity persists, call 845-331-0205 and report the condition so that our crews can flush your neighborhood in the morning. Thank you for your patience!

The DOT's contractor at the Roundabout project damaged the water main, causing a brief, but catastrophic, release of water. The situation is under control and the contractor is making repairs. However, the break is likely to cause rusty and turbid water in large parts of midtown and uptown Kingston. KWD crews are out flushing the system and hope to have things back to normal as soon as possible.

The Zoom link for the August 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_M5vACXpPSxu8ukG70F6XgA

The Business Office of the KWD has been closed to the public during the pandemic. However, we have been able to provide a full range of services to our customers through the curbside kiosk at our Office. Effective Wednesday, June 24, 2020, the office of the Kingston Water Department will once again be open to our customers. We have installed protective barriers and ask that you wear a mask and sign in. However, for anyone wishing to visit us from a proper social distance, our pneumatic tube and drop box are still fully operational. Thank you for your patience. Please stay healthy!

Kingston Street will be closed today due to water main repair at Fourth Ave and Second Ave from 9:00 to 3:00 pm. Third Avenue will be closed between Ulster St & Kingston St. from 9:00am to 3:00 pm. for water main repair. June 12, 2020. Thank you

To all of our valued customers: If you experienced an interruption in your water service this morning and did not get a call from our reverse 911 system, it is because we do not have your contact information! Our SwiftH2O reverse 911 system downloads all land line numbers semi-annually. However, if you are like many folks today and do not have a landline, please consider providing us with your cell phone so that we can contact you when there is a water emergency or an interruption in your water service. Simply email us at [email protected] and give us your name, address, and cell phone number and we will add you to our contact list. We will not provide your number to anyone nor use it in non-emergency situations. Thank you.

The water main break in Lucas is repaired and the service as restored at about 11:00 am. Crews are flushing hydrants in the area to clear the system of rust. The water is safe to drink and there is no need to boil your water.

Our crew is fixing a break on Lucas, near Dunneman. They have located the leak but one of the valves that would have limited the shut down to a couple of blocks, is not holding and it will be necessary to increase the area of the outage to make the repair. The outage should include Lucas Ave at Dunneman down to Forsyth Park and over to Edson. We apologize for the inconvenience. The outage should be brief. Thank you for your patience.

Tomorrow, June 2, 2020, the Water Department will be repairing a water main in Lucas Ave., near Dunneman. This may mean an interruption in service for several homes in the immediate area. Water will NOT be shut off until after 8am and all work should be completed before the end of the workday. We have notified everyone that will be impacted by this work via door hangers. To do the work, it will be necessary to close Lucas Avenue to traffic. In advance, thank you for your cooperation.

Commercial Customer Guidance May 26 2020 The New York State on PAUSE executive order issued by Governor Cuomo due to COVID-19 has resulted in many large commercial buildings, businesses, and government facilities with little to no occupancy for weeks. These include schools, offices, hotels, medical facilities, restaurants, and health clubs etc. This inactivity results in stagnant water that can allow chlorine to drop to undetectable levels. Chlorine is used in the Kingst...on Water Department’s water system to ensure that there is no regrowth of biofilms that could contain Legionella and other potentially harmful bacteria. Long periods of stagnation in building water systems with no chlorine residual can allow the growth of harmful bacteria, and can cause leaching of metals from pipes, leading to discolored water or elevated lead levels. Property owners are responsible for maintenance of their internal plumbing systems to ensure water quality does not degrade. If your building, or sections of it, have been unoccupied for an extended period, the City urges you to take action to ensure that water is safe to use when normal building use resumes. Prior to re-occupancy, consider developing a Water Quality Mitigation Plan for your building. Every building plumbing system is unique, so it will be important to consider the design of your plumbing system when developing a mitigation plan. There are several resources available to use to develop a plan. Please consider using the resources below to develop a plan to ensure your building’s water system is safe: USEPA Guidance: https://www.epa.gov//information-maintaining-or-restoring- CDC guidance: https://www.cdc.gov//2019-n/php/building-water-system.html Water Research Foundation’s Flushing Guidance: https://www.waterrf.org/sys/files/resource/2019-05/4572.pdf The Purdue University Center for Plumbing Safety rapid response study: https://engineering.purdue.edu///faq-building-water-safety The Environmental Science, Policy & Research Institute (ESPRI) roadmap for flushing contaminants from buildings: https://esprinstitute.org/coronavirus-building-flushing-gu/ The KWD will continue to do to keep you informed of any further developments concerning your water supply. Please do your best to keep yourself, your employees, and customers safe and healthy. Please call us at 845 331-0175 if you have questions. Sincerely, The Kingston Water Department

The Water Main Break on Mary's Avenue has been repaired and all service restored.

There is a water main break on Mary's Avenue between Andrew Street and West O' Reilly. KWD personnel are on site and are working to make the repair. Until the repair is complete, residents along that stretch of Mary's Avenue will be without water.

The Board of Water Commissioners and Mayor Steve Noble recognize the financial strain that many of our residents are under as a result of the Covid-19 Emergency. Therefore, they have waived the 10 percent penalty on all water and sewer bills for the period of April 7, 2020 through May 12, 2020. They will re-evaluate and consider a possible extension of the waiver at their next meeting on May 13th. The waiver is ONLY for the 10% penalty for the late payment of those bills t...hat are due during that period and does not impact the actual charges for water and sewer use. Those amounts cannot be waived. The Board of Water Commissioners and Mayor Noble hope that by waiving the penalties on water and sewer bills during this difficult time, it will assist those in our community that are struggling financially and need time to catch up when this crisis is over. This waiver does not apply to any bills that were due and payable prior to April 7, 2020. See more

We would like to extend our apology to anyone that was intending to watch the live-stream of the last evening's Water Board meeting. There was a technical issue with that aspect of the meeting. We have identified the problem and will have it corrected for all future meetings. Thank you for your patience as we work through these issues. Stay safe and stay home!

The Water Board meeting that is scheduled for April 8th will be live streamed on this page. While you may view the meeting here, if you want to make a comment or ask a question, you must pre-register to do so as outlined in the previous post.

You are invited to the upcoming Water Board meeting When: Apr 8, 2020 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: April Water Board Meeting Register in advance for this webinar:... https://us04web.zoom.us//register/WN_zIrFlAaWRHGQDaI2kcPXEg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Everyone that registers will automatically be allowed to view the meeting and will be able to ask question or make comments by typing in the chat box. The Board will be able to address these questions/comments during the public comment period at the end of the meeting.

Just a quick update from the Kingston Water Department: Our staff continues to come to work to ensure the safety and security of our water supply during these difficult times. To protect these dedicated public servants, we have altered schedules and limited their exposure to the public to the extent possible. Specifically, our maintenance staff will be limiting their work to essential services and is prohibited from entering homes or businesses unless it is an emergency. ... The office remains open to serve you via email and phone. However, it is closed to the public for in-person visits. Payments in person can be made by depositing your check in our black night deposit. We will no longer be accepting cash payments. Our Lab is closed to the public and will be only processing samples from other community water supplies. Payment for non-billed customers is by check only. Please leave samples in the cooler and put your check in the black night deposit. Our treatment plant is a 24/7 operation and our folks continue to work to ensure the safety of our supply. Please stay safe and stay home! We look forward to seeing all of our customers once this crisis has passed.

The Annual Water Quality Report is now online at www.kingston-ny.gov/AWQR2019 If you have questions about the report, please contact us at 845-331-0175 or by email at [email protected]

Until Further Notice, the KWD office is closed to the public. To pay bills in person we have a pneumatic tube at the curb in front of the office. Bills may also be paid via USPS, by credit card (link is on our webpage: www.kingston-ny.gov/water), and by signing up for automatic payment withdrawl from your bank account. Please call the office for details at 845-331-0175 or by email at water @kingston-ny.gov. For additional information, please contact the KWD as listed above. Thank you.

Notice of Water Service Interruption in Vicinity of the 587 Roundabout Immediate Release Contact: Judith Hansen, Superintendent 845-331-0175 X1301... In anticipation of the work on the 587 Roundabout that is scheduled to begin on or about March 1, 2020, the Kingston Water Department will be doing work on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 to ensure that we have control of the water supply within the DOT work zone. This will mean that some of our customers may experience brief periods of rusty water or no water at various times throughout the day. All service will be restored on or before 3PM that afternoon. No interruption in water supply should last more than an hour. Those customers that will be impacted by our work on Wednesday February 5th will include: Broadway from Maiden Lane to Elmendorf St. East St. James St. St. James Court Albany Avenue from East St James to the intersection of Maiden Lane. The dialysis center will not be impacted. We apologize for the inconvenience, but by doing this work on Wednesday, it will allow us to be able to take steps to isolate the water supply within the project’s work zone so that the inconvenience to our customers is minimized over the course of the project. For questions please contact the Kingston Water Department at 331-0205 (7am to 3pm) or 331-0175 8:30am to 4:30 PM). Thank you for your patience.

Following the repair of the water main break on Linderman Avenue on January 8th and out of an abundance of caution, a Boil Water Advisory was placed on those customers impacted by the break. All samples have come back negative and the BOIL WATER ADVISORY has been lifed. We have launched a reverse 911 message to all impacted. However, if you do not have a landline and have not provide the KWD with a cell phone number, we will not be able to reach you using the system. Therefore, please email us at [email protected] with a cell phone or email contact and we will add you to our list for future advisories. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Update on Linderman Avenue main break. The repair is complete and the water is being turned back on. It will take some time for the pipes to refill and for everyone to get their water back. Once service is restored, we will begin flushing the mains through the hydrants to clear the system. Out of an abundance of caution, we are advising that anyone that was without water or had low pressure to please boil all water that is used for consumption. We will be taking samples throughout the area later this afternoon and tomorrow and will advise when it is once again safe to drink. We are hopeful that we will have those results by Friday afternoon. We will notify everyone via the media as well as this Facebook page and our webpage once we have received those results. Thank you for your cooperation and patience.

Update of repair of Linderman Avenue water main repair. At about 9:15am, personnel shut down the water to the break, so those in the affected area should have very low pressure/no water. We have located the break and hope to be down to it before noon. Once we have it exposed, we will be able to give everyone a better idea of when it will be done and water turned back on. The Kingston Fire Department has been included in our planning and has activated plans to combat an emergency in the area that is without water.

On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, the Water Department will be repairing a leak on Linderman Avenue, near Burgevin Street. Due to the location, a large shut down will be required to make the repair and it will be necessary to shut off the water to residents on the following Streets: Linderman Ave. (just past Hewitt) Navarra Street Becket Street... Hillsworth Avenue Arlmont Street Melrose Avenue Hillcrest Avenue Glen Street Twin Ponds (the entire complex) Elaine Drive Allison Court Amy Court Loughran Court Boulevard south of Pettit to the City line. The Ulster County Complex at Golden Hill, including the Law Enforcement Center and the Golden Hill Health Care Facility, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. To those residents in the impacted area, water will not be shut off on the 8th until sometime after 8am and work will continue until the repair is completed later that day. Once water is restored to your home, we advise that all water used for cooking and drinking be boiled until the results from bacterial testing are received. We will notify you once those test results are received. As work progresses, we will post updates on this page and well as on our webpage at https://www.kingston-ny.gov/water. The first report will be posted at about 10am on the morning of the 8th. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. KWD

In an emergency seconds count! Be a good neighbor and don't pile the snow from your property atop the hydrant! The hydrant is barely visible to the right of the sign.

Just a reminder there are more than 950 hydrants in the City of Kingston and the important hydrants are the ones that are near the fire! KFD and KWD personnel will work to shovel them out as quickly as we can, but we ask that anyone that can assist by shoveling out a hydrants to please do so. The life you save may be your own or someone you love!

Repair it s completed and crew is turning water back on. Thank you for your patience.

Working to clean old section of pipe so it can be cut out and a new piece sleeved in.

Update on water main break. KWD re-routed some valving and restricted the outage to Broadway between Spring and Abeel. Parts of West Union may also be out. Crews continue to work on the repair and hope to have it done in the next few hours. Water service to Rondout Garden and Springbrook Village should be restored. It has been a long day for our folks. Once the repair is done and service restored, the excavation will be backfilled and the road reopened to traffic. Full restoration of the curbing and pavers will be done tomorrow. Again, thank you for your patience.

Due to a main break on Broadway, it was necessary to shut off water to the area of the break which included Rondout Gardens. That means that the area will be without water until the repairs are complete. We thank you for your patience and understanding. We will be onsite until the work is done and the water is back on. Thank you.

The Board of Water Commissioners of the Kingston Water Department will hold a public information meeting on the upcoming Cooper Lake Dam Project. When: November 18, 2019 @ 6PM, Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock NY 12498 An earlier meeting on the project was held at City Hall in Kingston... Topics to be discussed: System Overview Project Drivers and Overview Estimated Costs/Financial Impacts Impact on Neighbors Timeline Questions This is one of the largest and most costly capital improvement projects ever undertaken by the KWD and it has implications for our customers as well as our neighbors. Come learn why it is being done, what it is likely to cost, and how that could impact you.

Tomorrow is Election Day. The offices of the Kingston Water Department will be OPEN for business as usual!Tomorrow is Election Day. The offices of the Kingston Water Department will be OPEN for business as usual!

Just a reminder. To install new pipelines, our contractor, Schultz Construction, has received permission from the UC DPW to close Sawkill Road in the Town of Ulster from Washington Avenue to the Route 209 overpass. The detour is Route 209. Since the actual excavation will be just north of the Unitarian Universalist Church and just south of Charleton Precision, everyone working or living along this section of Sawkill will be able to access their home or business from one side or the other. However, if you travel the length of Sawkill you will need to use the detour to get where you are going. The road will close at 5am tomorrow 11/5/19 and will reopen by 5 PM on 11/6/19. We apologize for the interruption and inconvenience as we work to improve our infrastructure and resiliency.

A flow test will be conducted at 300 Flatbush Ave. tomorrow 8/9/19 beginning at about 9 am. The test should last a few minutes. Residents in the area may experience discolored water during this test. If you experience rusty water, please run the cold water for a few minutes until it clears. In advance, thank you for your cooperation and patience.

We apologize for the rusty water in the area surrounding Wurts and Pierpont. However, without authorization, the HBO crew took water out of 2 hydrants causing a surge in the water system. KWD personnel are flushing the entire area. From time to time, construction firms or others need to access water from a hydrant. KWD has a permit process in place so that they can be provided with a meter and a backflow device so that the system is not contaminated or becomes discolored. Only KWD and KFD are authorized to use hydrants without obtaining a permit. If you see anyone else taking water from a hydrant, please contact us at 845-331-0205 so that we can check it out! Thank you.

JOB VACANCYThe Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Kingston has an immediate opening for a Motor Equipment Operator. This is a full time, non-competitive position within the City Civil Service with an annual salary of $48,456.16. The minimum qualifications include the possession of a valid NYS Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and graduation from high school. Preference will be given to applicants that have relevant job experience operating a backhoe or an excavator. Please submit a completed application to the City of Kingston Civil Service Office at 420 Broadway on or before 3pm on May 10, 2019. Candidate may be subject to a practical examination to ensure that they possess the required level of competency.

JOB VACANCY The Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Kingston has an immediate opening for a Laborer. This is a full time, non-competitive position within the City Civil Service with an annual salary of $41,372.96. The minimum qualifications include graduation from high school and physical ability commensurate with work involving the repair and maintenance of water mains, valves, hydrants and other water distribution maintenance work. The successful candidate must possess a valid NYS driver’s license. Please submit a completed application to the City of Kingston Civil Service Office at 420 Broadway on or before 3pm on May 10, 2019.

Also, a special shout out and thank you to DPW for lending us their hydrovac truck. Without that assistance our personnel would never been able to get the mud and debris cleared from the main to make the repair.

The main break on Mary's Avenue and Hoffman Street has been repaired. This was a dificult repair due to the location of the 2 Central Hudson gas mains which meant that most of the excavation had to be done by hand.

There is a main break at the intersection of Mary's and Hoffman. We are on scene and will remain so until it is repaired. Traffic is restricted to one lane on each street as a result. We have been watching the water come and go in this intersection for some time and have been checking it daily this winter. Unfortunately, until this morning we had no indication that it was a leak as there were no charateristic leak noises or any chlorine residual. That changed this morning and we are in the process of makimg the repair. We ask that you avoid the intersection if possible and we thank you for your patience.

There is a water main break at the intersection of East Union St & Sycamore St. We will have a crew working to repair the leak. Water will need to be shut off to repair the leak. When water is restored, customers in the area could experience brown or rusty water. If this should occur, please run your cold water for a few minutes to clear. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Due to the Storm, the Business Office of the Kingston Water Department closed at 3pm. It will repopen tomorrow 2/13/2019 at 8:30am. Please drive carefully and be safe!

The Kingston Water Department is aware that there is water coming up in an old Central Hudson patch at Mary's Avenue and Hoffman Street. We have been monitoring this situation for several months and are presently salting it as required. Currently, there is no indication that this is a water main break or leak from our system. We have tested the water several times and cannot detect any chlorine residual - something that is present in our water- and do not hear any tell tale signs of a leak when we listen on our main and hydrants. We will continue to monitior the situation as conditions can change. If we determine that it is a leak, we will make the necessary repair. However, at this time, there is no indication that this is coming from the water system.

Just a quick update on the leak on CLinton Avenue at Henry Street. With the assistance of Garrison Equipment from Vineland NJ, we were able to get a shut down on the water main and our personnel are completing the repair. We anticipate all work will be completed by early evening and the road opened to traffic. We thank the public for their good wishes and cooperation. Most especially, the Water Department would like to send a big thank you to DPW Superintendent Ed Norman and his staff. Without the assistance of personnel and equipment from DPW, this repair would not have been completed as quickly and efficiently as it was. Special thanks to Ed Boyle and Don Markle of DPW for their expertise in doing the excavations for us and Ralph Perry for running loads of fill and anything else that needed doing!

There is a water main break on our 16-inch transmission main at the intersection of Clinton St. and Henry St. Our personnel have been on site since mid-day and have been unable to get a shut down so that we can make the repair. Crews are still at it and will remain on site until the repair is complete. However, it may be necessary to bring in an outside contractor to complete the work. We will update folks as we can but thus far, no one is out of water. We ask that you avoid that intersection if at all possible.

During the roof repair at City Hall, access to the front of City Hall will be restricted. However, the Business Office of the KWD is open and access from Jansen Avenue to our front door will remain open with egress to Broadway. For those doing business with the Water Department, there is limited parking along the curb in front of our office and in our driveway adjacent to the office. As always, you can pay your bill from your car using our pnuematic tube and there is a night deposit box for after hours payments.