This system serves approximately 5,300 customers in Newburgh, Anderson Township and Ohio Township. Our water supply and treatment process Water from two wells is treated at our Vanada Water Treatment Facility, which has a capacity of one million gallons of water a day. The treatment process includes aeration and pressure filtration to control iron and manganese. Additionally, chloramines are added for disinfection, and fluoride is added for dental protection. Our average daily demand is 1.5 million gallons a day.
Demand can increase significantly during the summer due to outdoor water use.
In 1998, the most water we pumped in a single day was 2.8 million gallons. As our current production capacity is limited to 1 MGD, we purchase water from the city of Evansville in order to meet demand over and above this amount. Water purchased from Evansville is treated surface water from the Ohio River.