Town Of Granite Falls Water Department

Only town of granite falls employees are allowed to turn the electric or water meter on or off.

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 city of granite falls water department strives to provide residents and businesses with safe clean softened high quality and fresh tasting water. The water is first metered then passed through pressure reducing valves to lower the pressure from 160psi to between 60 and 90psi. The mission of the granite falls water resources department is to promote and protect the environment preserve natural resources and ensure the health and safety of our customers.

The water and wastewater departmentwithin public works is responsible for the drinking water distribution system and the wastewater collections system. 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 town of granite falls water treatment facility draws surface waters from lake rhodhiss and converts the surface waters to high quality potable water for over 2 200 residential 240 commercial and 10 wholesale customers. The city of granite falls proudly provides citizens with municipally owned utilities including electrical water and wastewater treatment.

The water enters the granite falls water system through five points around the city. The street and sanitation departmentis responsible for street and right of way maintenance and collection of recycling trash refuse and brush.