The Grand Island Utilities Department Water Division strives to design and maintain  a dependable water system.  A well trained and experienced staff are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure that Grand Island water customers are provided with a plentiful supply of safe, high quality, great tasting water!

Shown above is the newly renovated GIUD Water Department.  The building formally housed the Pine Street Power Plant, home of GIUD's first electric power generators.   The renovation of the Pine Street Station is an example of GIUD's commitment to preserving the architectural character of downtown Grand Island.

To supply water to the distribution system, three storage reservoirs and seven high pressure wells are used.  The total storage of three reservoirs is 10,000,000 gallons.  Each reservoir has it's own pressurizing station or pumping station with two high flow, high pressure pumps.  The reservoirs are filled with well water supplied from GIUD's Platte River well field.  Sixteen wells located at the well field supply water to a basin located at the well field.  Four high capacity low pressure pumps then fill the reservoirs.  Below is a list showing the flow of water to GIUD's customers. 

To maintain this complex network of water lines, fire hydrants, valves and meters, and to supply  connections for new customers, GIUD employs dedicated and experienced people to keep the water running.   Whenever there is a problem, some one is ready to address the problem, in any kind of weather, any time of year, 24 hours a day!