Your Reliable, Safe Drinking Water
We serve more than 194,800 customers an average of 96 million gallons of water per day.
Under normal growth patterns, we add approximately 2,500 water customers a year. In our 90-year-plus history, our customer-owners have found our water supply to be plentiful and reliable. However, water demand could outstrip supplies, forcing mandatory restrictions and conservation measures.
Nearly three decades ago, we began developing plans for a third water treatment facility to add 100 million gallons of water per day to our current 234-million-gallon-per-day capacity.
The treatment plant is under construction at 216th and Q Streets. The $352-million project, designed to meet Omaha drinking water needs for the next 50 to 60 years, is expected to be on-line in 2008.
The plant will be M.U.D.'s third water treatment facility, forming a "triangle of reliability," around the Omaha metro area.
Besides protecting a precious natural resource, wise water use also saves you money by reducing summertime water bills. The minimum water use customer, who uses 61,000 gallons of water per year, will pay $155.61 in 2008. The residential customer uses 108,000 gallons of water per year at a cost of $225.51 or $18.79 a month. If you use 224,000 gallons of water per year, the cost is $444.81. (ccf = 100 cubic feet or 748 gallons of water) What you pay for water provides adequate system maintenance, offsets the rising costs of power and chemicals, and assures a safe drinking water supply. |
Summer water use in the Omaha metro area
Water security and conservation information from the American Water Works Association
Frequently Asked Questions about quality, treatment and testing
Frequently Asked Questions about water service and repair