Snohomish County PUD’s water utility is celebrating 80 years of service. The water utility “has been hard at work for eight decades now, striving to bring its customers one of Earth’s most precious resources,” the Washington State PUD noted.
The water utility “works around the clock to provide safe and reliable drinking water to more than 23,000 customers, primarily in Lake Stevens, Granite Falls and other communities in Snohomish County,” the PUD said.
The utility maintains over 400 miles of pipes across nine water systems, in addition to performing regular preventive maintenance on pump stations, wells, treatment plants and reservoirs.
"We take great pride in our water quality and making sure we deliver the best product for PUD water customers. Our Water team has been hard at work to bring many new benefits to customers in 2026," Snohomish County PUD said.
The group will complete installation of its new advanced water meters to all customers this month -- almost six months ahead of schedule.
The team worked diligently to finish in record time and give all Water customers access to their new meters and their benefits, which include:
- Detailed water usage: Customers receive detailed insight into how much water they are using in one-hour increments through their MySnoPUD customer portal.
- Leak detection: The ability to quickly see unusual spikes in water usage that may identify a leak.
- No more meter reading: No more PUD employees on customer property every month and fewer vehicles on the road emitting greenhouse gases.
Since the start of meter installation toward the end of 2023, the new meters have already detected thousands of potential leaks. The new meters helped detect over 4,200 potential leaks in 2025 alone. "That’s helped customers save a lot of wasted water and money," the PUD noted.
In addition, the team has worked on completing the new Kayak Reservoir, which will hold about 500,000 gallons of water. It is scheduled to go online next month, helping bolster the Water Utility’s reliability even further.
The Water Utility is celebrating its 80th anniversary with its very own mascot. "Be on the lookout for Splash the Otter, who will be joining the PUD’s squirrel mascots Zip and Zap on their adventures soon and teaching customers about the importance of water conservation," the PUD said.
The PUD actually started as a water utility in 1946, three years before it got into the electricity business. "Our Water Utility helped set the standard that we’ve strived to meet every day since becoming an official publicly owned utility 80 years ago," it said.
