Editing Bethlehem, Georgia (section)

===Utilities===
Electricity in the town is provided by [[Georgia Power]],<ref name="newcomers">{{Cite web |title=Newcomer's Guide to Bethlehem |url=http://www.bethlehemga.org/assets/newcomers%20guide.pdf |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=www.bethlehemga.org |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230010305/http://www.bethlehemga.org/assets/newcomers%20guide.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> while [[water industry|water utilities]] are provided by the nearby City of Winder.<ref name="water_utilities">{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Scott |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Barrow County, City of Winder remain apart on two SDS issues |url=https://www.mainstreetnews.com/barrow/news/barrow-county-city-of-winder-remain-apart-on-two-sds-issues/article_7af5ff34-8f5d-5fec-b7e3-45f0525e0d74.html |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=Barrow News-Journal |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715131653/https://www.mainstreetnews.com/barrow/news/barrow-county-city-of-winder-remain-apart-on-two-sds-issues/article_7af5ff34-8f5d-5fec-b7e3-45f0525e0d74.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Unlike the rest of Barrow County which sources its water from the Bear Creek reservoir in [[Jackson County, Georgia|Jackson County]],<ref name="barrow_water">{{Cite web |title=Barrow County Georgia Water Department |url=http://www.barrowga.org/departments/water.aspx |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=[[Barrow County, Georgia]] |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219034611/http://barrowga.org/departments/water.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Bethlehem and the City of Winder sources its water from three local sources: the [[Mulberry River (Georgia)|Mulberry River]], City Pond, and Fort Yargo Lake.<ref name="winder_water">{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2008 |title=Annual Water Quality Report |url=https://www.cityofwinder.com/home/showpublisheddocument/40/635965825076730000 |website=Winder Water Works |access-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718144311/https://www.cityofwinder.com/home/showpublisheddocument/40/635965825076730000 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bethlehem contracts directly with a private trash hauling company to handle disposal of [[Municipal solid waste|solid waste]] as a free service to residents.<ref name="trash">{{Cite web |title=Regional Solid Waste Management Plan 2021–2031 |url=https://www.accgov.com/DocumentCenter/View/84607/FINAL_NEG_Regional_SWMP_compressed |page=6-3 |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=Northeast Georgia Regional Commission |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718153703/https://www.accgov.com/DocumentCenter/View/84607/FINAL_NEG_Regional_SWMP_compressed |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="newcomers" /> In 2019 the mayor of Bethlehem, Sandy McNabb, cited the lack of sewer infrastructure as "the primary reason for the lack of growth in Bethlehem."<ref name="sewer"/>