Public
Works Department |
Water
Department |
Water
Distribution |
| Water Distribution has one operator and one daily maintenance worker. |
| The Water Distribution System includes approximately 30 miles of main transmission line. The current city policy includes approximately 1,100 feet of new line replacement per year. The areas to be replaced first are determined by the number of leaks the city crew has repaired in the past five-year period, the size of the existing line and the number of users on the main. Cut Bank is currently replacing the main line with C-900 PVC pipe in sizes not smaller than needed in the area to be fed and no smaller than six inches in diameter. The current water rates are based on usage with the minimum residential usage with the overage billed per hundred cubic feet. Irrigation rates are in effect April 15th through September 15th of each year. |
Water
Treatment Plant |
| The Water Treatment System for Cut Bank includes a Water Treatment Plant located west of Cut Bank where three full-time employees work daily to meet the demand of the city. The plant treats about 400,000 gallons of water in the fall and winter months and up to 2,500,000 gallons at peak demand in the warm dry summer months. Water is pulled from Cut Bank Creek for all of the city’s needs and is currently the only source of supply for the city. The city is currently working on an off-stream storage reservoir that will hold 91 acre feet of water, to eliminate the need to restrict water usage in the dry years and meet the demand for future expansion of the city. |