Our Safe and Reliable Water

We don't often pause to consider the incredible value of a safe, reliable water supply - and the water system that delivers it - in our everyday lives. Did you know that as your community water provider, the City of Sherwood is responsible for much more than making sure high quality water comes out of your tap? For example, we deliver...

public health protection

Our job is to ensure that you can drink from virtually any public tap with a high assurance of safety. In addition to constant online monitoring, we take more than 240 samples each year to ensure Sherwood’s water supplies meet rigorous federal and state health protective standards.

fire protection

A well-maintained water system is critical in protecting our community from the ever-present threat of fire. Maintaining  752 fire hydrants is absolutely vital to the ability to suppress fires and also influences new home construction, business location decisions and insurance rates.

support for the economy

Businesses or housing developments do not succeed without a safe and sustainable water supply. Our 81 miles of water pipeline serve everyone from  companies to more than 19,000 residential customers in our City.

the overall quality of life we enjoy

We often take for granted that safe water is always accessible to drink, to wash our clothes, to water our lawns and for a myriad of other purposes. We are here to make sure that water is there to maintain a high quality of life.

We are pleased to play such a large part in your life and to provide you safe, reliable drinking water.