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Water superintendent reports 7 million-gallon capacity and about 9,800 service accounts
Summary
Water Superintendent Jordon Altenhofen told the Coralville City Council on June 9 that the city's water plant, built in 1972, can treat 7 million gallons per day and serves roughly 9,800 accounts; he noted Coralville uses groundwater rather than surface water and displayed a comparison showing the city's water rates among the lowest in the area.
Water Superintendent Jordon Altenhofen presented the Water Department's annual report at the Coralville City Council work session on June 9.
Altenhofen said the city's first well was installed in 1965 and the treatment plant was constructed in 1972. He reported the plant has a treatment capacity of 7 million gallons per day and that Coralville serves approximately 9,800 water service accounts.
Altenhofen told the council that because Coralville's source water is supplied by wells rather than surface water, the city does not face the same nitrate issues noted in the Des Moines metropolitan area. He also displayed a rate-comparison chart indicating that Coralville's water rates are the lowest in the area; the presentation was informational and did not include a rate change proposal during the work session.
The work session began at 9:06 p.m. and adjourned at 9:48 p.m.; City Attorney Kevin Olson recorded the meeting notes.
