Dalton Utilities
Corporate brand
UnclaimedDalton Utilities is a full-service municipal utility in Dalton, Georgia, providing electricity, natural gas, water, and wastewater services, and offering broadband, TV streaming, telephone, and internet through its OptiLink family of services.
Last updated September 16, 2026
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Overview
Dalton Utilities is a full-service municipal utility service supplying the City of Dalton with electricity, gas, water, and sewer services. It has operated as a public utility since 1889 and provides potable water, electric, natural gas, and wastewater treatment services to the City of Dalton and portions of Whitfield, Murray, Gordon, Catoosa and Floyd counties. Beginning in 1999, Dalton Utilities branched into telecommunications with broadband services to large industrial/commercial customers, and in 2003 it launched its OptiLink family of services, now providing broadband, TV streaming, telephone, and internet services to area residents and businesses. Dalton Utilities serves approximately 50,000 customers and employs over 300 area residents. It is governed by the Board of the Water, Light, and Sinking Fund Commissioners.
History
The Dalton Water Works was developed in 1887 at the site of the Crown Cotton Mill, the former hub of Dalton's textile industry. What started as a small waterworks in the Crown Cotton Mill's spring quickly evolved into a public utility service that would come to provide water, electricity, natural gas, and wastewater treatment to Dalton, GA, and the surrounding region. Dalton Utilities has operated as a public utility since 1889. Beginning in 1999, Dalton Utilities branched into telecommunications with broadband services to large industrial/commercial customers. In 2003, Dalton Utilities launched its OptiLink family of services and now provides broadband, TV streaming, telephone, and internet services to area residents and businesses.
Products and positioning
A Premier Utility Service in Dalton, GA; More Than a Public Utility Service
Electricity
Natural gas
Water
Wastewater treatment
OptiLink broadband, TV streaming, telephone, and internet
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