604 Hill Avenue
Spirit Lake,
Iowa 51360
Phone: 712-336-2127
The Water department provides works and facilities for the
delivery of safe water. Spirit Lake’s municipal water utility
operates a water treatment plant, storage facilities, and owns
the water lines that delivers water to 3,000 customers within
the City of Spirit Lake, City of Orleans and a portion of unincorporated
Dickinson County.
The Water department also serves as the liaison to the Great
Lakes Sanitary District that provides sanitary sewer service
to Spirit Lake and surrounding areas. The city owns and maintains
most of the sanitary sewer lines within the city and the Iowa
Great Lakes Sanitary District owns and maintains the trunk sewer
lines. The Sanitary District owns and manages the treatment plant
located in Milford.
The City of Spirit Lake recently completed a major expansion
of its water treatment plant. The water plant doubled its treatment
capacity to approximately 2,200 gallons per minute. This new
capacity will serve the City for many years and enable us to
meet the demand for treated water by current customers and allow
for growth. The City’s water source is Big Spirit Lake.
We are all beneficiaries of the network of treatment plant,
pump stations, and pipes that has been put in place by previous
residents. However, because it has lasted so long, we haven’t
had to worry about replacing it. In the next few decades, much
of that network is going to need upgrading or replacement. The
City needs to adopt strategies to renew our infrastructure or
accept erosion of water service. If we begin the process of upgrading
infrastructure, we can avoid disruptions in service and/or major
increases in rates.
Old tower demolition (2010)
New Water Tower (2007)
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