The Gardnerville Water Company
The Gardnerville Water Company is a non-profit company owned by the property owners of Gardnerville and managed by a five-member board of directors. GWC Board of Directors are elected by the property owners of Gardnerville. The elected board of directors manages and directs the water company. The manager/engineer is hired by the board of directors to oversee day-to-day operations, oversee capital improvements, review commercial and residential improvement plans, and manage support staff.
The GWC's service area continues to grow, as does the amount of water pumped each year in the water company service area. In 2017, the seven production wells owned by the water company produced over 355 million gallons of water distributed to the customers. GWC is one of the few companies that do not treat the water distributed.
The GWC has about 2,500 water service connections including residential, commercial, and irrigation. Every connection has a water meter that is read in-house utilizing Sensus Flexnet AMI technology.