The Marion Water Department is governed by a three member Citizens' Board of Trustees, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.  the Board of Trustees meets the second Tuesday of every month at 5:15PM at the Marion City Hall.

The department employs nine field employees and five office staff. The 12,262 metered accounts are serviced through a network of 162 miles of water mains, 2,500 water valves, and 1,369 fire hydrants.

Water is supplied by six deep wells, and four pumping stations, four ground storage tanks with a total capacity of 2,200,000 gallons, and three elevated storage tanks with a total of 2,000,000 gallons of capacity. 

The average daily water pumpage is 3,000,000 gallons. 

Marion Water Quality Reports / Year End Department Activies available online:   
2009 Water Quality Report
2008 Report of Department Activities
2008 Water Quality Report
2007 Water Quality Report

Marion Water Department Applicaitons / Forms now available online:

Application for Installation of Water Mains (pdf)

Fees & Service Changes (New 4/4/09)

The water department's administrative offices are located at City Hall, 1225 6th Avenue, and can be reached by telephoning (319) 743-6310.  The pumping station located at 101 8th Avenue can be reached at (319) 377-1381. Todd Steigerwaldt is the General Manager of the Water Department.