We serve nearly 197,000 customers an average of 87 million gallons of water per day.

Did you know? From 1991 to 2007, indoor water use on a national level dropped 25 percent.

In the metro Omaha area, the average residential customer's water use dropped from 110,000 gallons per year in 2007 to 108,000 gallons per year in 2008. We project that figure will be 105,000 gallons in 2009.

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 60,000 gallons of water per year, will pay $160.02 in 2009. The residential customer uses 105,000 gallons of water per year at a cost of $231.87 or $19.32 a month. If you use 224,000 gallons of water per year, the cost is $465.85. (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.