Town Of Granite Falls Water Department

The town of granite falls public works is comprised of a street sanitation department and water watewater department.

Town of granite falls water department.

According to the town code of ordinances town utility employees must have safe access to all town electric or water meters. The water enters the granite falls water system through five points around the city. Only town of granite falls employees are allowed to turn the electric or water meter on or off. In 2013 the city completed the construction of a new 10 5 million dollar water treatment plant which is capable of treating more than 800 000 gallons of softened water per day.

The city of granite falls water department strives to provide residents and businesses with safe clean softened high quality and fresh tasting water. The street and sanitation departmentis responsible for street and right of way maintenance and collection of recycling trash refuse and brush. The city of granite falls proudly provides citizens with municipally owned utilities including electrical water and wastewater treatment. Anyone that tampers with electric or water meters such as turning the meter on or off bypassing or cutting seals will be charged with meter tampering according to town policy.

The water and wastewater departmentwithin public works is responsible for the drinking water distribution system and the wastewater collections system. The water is first metered then passed through pressure reducing valves to lower the pressure from 160psi to between 60 and 90psi.