Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District

What Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District does

Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District is a Washington State Special Purpose District founded in 1973 that provides drinking water and sewer/wastewater services to approximately 4,346 residential and commercial accounts within its certificated service territory in Liberty Lake, Washington. Drinking water is sourced from the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie (SVRP) Aquifer and delivered through a distribution system tied to a Water Reclamation Facility that has earned nine Outstanding Wastewater Treatment Plant recognitions. Operations are organized into separate water and sewer enterprise funds, each operating as rate-funded utilities (no reliance on tax revenue).

The District's revenue model is built on monthly base rates plus consumption-based overage charges, with rate-setting authority used to fund capital programs — annual rate increases of roughly 10% were approved across 2015–2018 to address an operating deficit of $647,277 and to support approximately $1.64M in annual debt service. Customer mix is predominantly residential with a commercial supplement; pricing and connection terms are governed by Washington State Department of Health regulations. The District has also accessed state-level grant and forgivable-loan funding (~$2.2M forgivable plus ~$2.7M in additional grants) to underwrite a $35.2M Water Reclamation Facility upgrade and waterline replacement programs.

Strategic posture has emphasized territorial consolidation and infrastructure expansion: the District absorbed ESLLIC in 2016 and the Greenridge HOA in 2019, and is pursuing a 2025 capital project for a new 24-inch production well with 3,000 GPM capacity. Operational quality is reflected in multiple Best Tasting Water awards (2015, 2017, 2020) and consecutive Outstanding WWTP designations. As a regulated monopoly franchise, the District faces no direct retail competitors within its service area and instead contends primarily with regulatory, environmental, and capital-cost risks.

Name

Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District

Legal name

Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District

Website

https://libertylake.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District is a Washington Special Purpose District, founded in 1973, that provides drinking water from the SVRP Aquifer and wastewater services to roughly 4,346 residential and commercial accounts within its Liberty Lake service territory through rate-funded water and sewer enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Water and Wastewater Utility Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Sanitary Services (4950), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Raw Water Conveyance & Transmission (Aqueducts, Mains, Pumping Stations) (EUANAAAB), Third-Party Water Retailing & Managed Billing Services (outsourced billing, white-label retail operations) (EUANAIAL), Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

Keywords

• Municipal water utility
• Wastewater treatment services
• Sewer collection systems
• Cross-connection control
• Water use efficiency

Headquarters

HQ city

Liberty Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District is a Special Purpose District government that delivers public drinking water supply (drawn from the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie sole-source aquifer) and sewer collection with wastewater treatment through its Water Reclamation Facility to a customer base of approximately 4,346 accounts in Liberty Lake, Washington. Services are funded entirely by ratepayer utility fees, with no tax funding, and include regulatory programs such as cross-connection control, automatic meter reading, and water conservation.

Product overview

Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District is a Special Purpose District government providing essential public utility services in Liberty Lake, Washington. Its portfolio comprises two core services — drinking water supply (drawing from the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie sole-source aquifer) and sewer/wastewater treatment via the Water Reclamation Facility — supplemented by operational modules including Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) using Sensus iPERL radio meters, a Cross-Connection Control Program mandating annual backflow testing, and a Water Use Efficiency Program for demand-side conservation. Infrastructure programs include municipal well drilling (new 24-inch well, 3,000 GPM), multi-phase waterline replacement projects totaling thousands of feet of new mains, and community programs such as the annual Leaf and Beach drop-off for watershed protection. The District also provides lake and aquifer protection services including invasive species management, stormwater controls, and shoreline oversight. All services are governed by Washington State law, regulated by the Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, and delivered to a customer base of 4,346 sewer accounts without tax funding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drinking Water Supply

Quantifiable outcome

• Water Reclamation Facility maintained perfect compliance record with NPDES permit requirements
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• SJW Group: Water utility holding company operating regulated water services in California, Connecticut, Texas and Maine. Comparable business model to Liberty Lake with a regulated, rate-based revenue structure and focus on water supply reliability and infrastructure reinvestment.
• Middlesex Water Company: Investor-owned water and wastewater utility in New Jersey and Delaware. Comparable regulated utility model with both water supply and wastewater operations, similar reliance on source-water protection, and a similarly small-to-mid scale customer base.
• Essential Utilities: Multi-state regulated water and natural gas utility with a sizable wastewater subsidiary. Highly comparable to Liberty Lake in that it operates both drinking water and wastewater utilities under a regulated, rate-funded model, though at vastly greater scale and geographic scope.
• American Water Works Company: Largest investor-owned water and wastewater utility in the United States, serving ~14 million people. While Liberty Lake is a small special-purpose district and AWK is a public regulated utility, both operate regulated drinking water supply and wastewater treatment with rate-based revenue models and infrastructure-heavy asset bases.
• California Water Service Group: Investor-owned water utility providing regulated water service to ~2 million people across California, Washington and other states. Closely aligned with Liberty Lake's drinking water focus, regulated rate base, and reliance on groundwater/aquifer sources in some service areas.

Regional players

• Tacoma Water: Department of Tacoma Public Utilities providing drinking water to the City of Tacoma and surrounding wholesale customers. Comparable Pacific Northwest municipal water utility, sourcing from the Green River watershed, with analogous regulatory framework and rate-based revenue model to Liberty Lake.
• Spokane County Environmental Services Department: Regional wastewater and stormwater service provider in the Spokane area, overlapping Liberty Lake's wastewater and watershed-protection mission. Direct geographic and functional peer given shared service region, NPDES framework, and Spokane River discharge considerations.
• Seattle Public Utilities: Municipal water, sewer, drainage and solid waste utility serving the City of Seattle. Same Pacific Northwest geography and municipal utility model as Liberty Lake, providing drinking water (including from protected watersheds) and wastewater treatment, but at substantially greater scale and urban scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District