Iowa Regional Utilities Association About Us Our History IRUA Membership and Directors Counties We Serve Cities We Serve Our History Iowa Regional Utilities Association was founded in 1977 as the Jasper County Water Association. The founders of the Association believed that establishing a means of providing a safe, dependable source of potable water to rural residents would be essential for the continued viability of Iowa’s rural population. Jasper County Water Association founders began their efforts to sign up rural water member-customers in 1978. Recruitment efforts developed a strong base of member-customers for the Jasper County Water Association. The original system, with headquarters in Newton, was defined by the boundaries of Jasper County, extending into small portions of Polk, Marion, and Marshall Counties. The original 950 miles of pipe, with approximately 2,000 member-customers, took nearly two years to install and bring into full service. This original area now represents approximately 20% percent of the current distribution system. Jasper County Water Association was founded as a corporation not-for-profit under the provisions of Iowa Code Chapter 504. Due to expanding service areas across many county boundaries, the Association changed its corporate name to Central Iowa Water Association in 1988. In 2000, due to the addition of rural wastewater services, the Association changed its name to Iowa Regional Utilities Association (doing business as Central Iowa Water Association). In 2017, as we marked our 40th year of service the Board of Directors determined it would be an opportune time to not only make the name change prominent to Iowa Regional Utilities Association but also identify the company with a new logo. CONSTRUCTION DATES - Construction began on the original Jasper County System in April 1980 and was completed in December 1981. Major expansions to the system have occurred each year, beginning with Marshall-Story Counties (1983-1985), Northeast Marshall System (1986-1987), Northeast Polk County (1987-1988), Northwest Tama County (1989-1990), Story County (1991-1994), Grundy County (1994-1997), Southwest Black Hawk County (1997-1998), Northern Grundy County (1998-2001), Northwest Black Hawk County (2000-2002), Hamilton and Hardin Counties (1999-2002), Southern Butler County (2001-2004), Southeast Butler County, Newton to Marshalltown transmission main and Garden City (2005), Bremer, Black Hawk, Buchanan County projects, cities of Aurora and Dundee (2007-2008). Delaware County projects and cities of Greeley and Quasqueton, I-35 Dows Interchange (2009), City of Rowley (2010) Stout wastewater, Vernon Water Company and Camp Wallashuck wastewater (2011), City of Littleton (2013) and Bremer Station (2014), North Overlook Sewer (2015), Red Rock Marina (2016), Frederika supply main (2016-2017), and Hamilton and Hardin Counties II (2017-2018). IRUA Membership and Directors Iowa Regional Utilities Association is member-owned with more than 14,500 individual, small business, and community connections. A nine-member Board of Directors, representing geographical regions throughout the system, governs the private, non-profit, member-owned Association. Ron Dunsbergen, President Sully Dan Brandt, Vice President Marshalltown Delwin Van Zante, Secretary Otley Virtus Brockman, Treasurer Melbourne Don Struthers Collins Gene Wiemers Melbourne Curt Mackie Grundy Center Doug Enyart Monroe Kevin Nessa Zearing Counties We Serve - All or portions of the following Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Butler Delaware Fayette Franklin Grundy Hamilton Hardin Jasper Mahaska Marion Marshall Polk Poweshiek Story Tama View map of our existing customer service area Cities We Serve To view a list of cities IRUA serves - click here Important Announcements See our home page for outage information. To verify and/or update your contact information for planned or emergency outages - please click on the link below or call 1-800-400-6066 during business hours. For more detailed information regarding SwiftReach - Swift911 - click here. Online Payment Options Online Bill Pay Powered by: ACI Payments, Inc. **Please note: Clicking on link above will direct you to the ACI Payments, Inc.® website. Privacy Policy Contact Information Toll Free: 800-400-6066 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 p.m. Click for more © Copyright 2017 Iowa Regional Utilities Association, All Rights Reserved This Institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Designed and hosted by Iowa Solutions