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Raied Stanley
402.504.7298
Email: raied_stanley@mudnebr.com
March 18, 2019, Omaha, Neb. – Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha, the metropolitan Omaha area’s drinking water provider, continues to monitor conditions on the Missouri and Platte Rivers and all of its facilities. M.U.D. drinking water continues to meet all state and federal standards.
The District is meeting the supply requirements of our customers and precautions are in place to protect the reliability of our water treatment and distribution systems.
M.U.D. operates three water treatment plants — Florence, Platte West and Platte South — to serve the water supply needs of the metro Omaha area. M.U.D. also operates and maintains more than 2,900 miles of mains that deliver drinking water to the taps of more than 214,000 homes and businesses.
M.U.D. provides drinking water to customers in Omaha, Bellevue, Bennington, Carter Lake, La Vista, Ralston, Waterloo and the Papio-Missouri Natural Resources District (which supplies water to Fort Calhoun).
For updates, check the District’s website or Twitter at https://twitter.com/mudomahane
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About Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha: M.U.D. provides safe, reliable and cost-effective natural gas and water services to our community. We serve drinking water to 214,142 customers in the metropolitan Omaha area and maintain 27,000 hydrants for fire protection. The District’s water meets or exceeds all federal and state standards for drinking water. The District also is the fifth largest public gas utility in the United States, serving natural gas to 229,365 customers. We are a public utility and proud to be customer-owned. The District is governed by a board of seven directors, elected by our customer-owners. Visit www.mudomaha.com for more information.