Mountain Regional Water

What Mountain Regional Water does

Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (MRWSSD), also operating as Mountain Regional Water or MRW, is a governmental public water supply entity created and governed by the Summit County Council and headquartered at 5739 Paintbrush Road in Park City, Utah. Founded in 2001, the district provides drinking water services to a large area of Western Summit County under an exclusive, regulated service territory that expands through annexation. Its customer base consists of residential property owners (who bear payment responsibility under district rules) and tenants (who can view and pay bills via the online system).

The district's operating platform combines physical water infrastructure with a digital customer-service layer. Core technology includes Badger intelligent water meters deployed across the district, which feed the Eye on Water leak-detection system providing near real-time usage data, Xpress Bill Pay for online billing, and Everbridge for mass emergency and outage notifications. A first-in-Utah floating solar array, installed in 2024 at the Signal Hill Treatment Plant raw water storage pond in partnership with Ameresco and Rocky Mountain Power, is designed to offset approximately 92% of that facility's electrical usage and, combined with the Summit County Power Purchase Agreement covering the Elektron Solar project, targets near-total renewable energy operations.

Revenue is generated through recurring monthly water service fees paid by property owners, with conservation-oriented add-ons such as the Landscape Incentive Program supporting demand-side water efficiency. Customer acquisition is geographic rather than sales-driven: the district grows its addressable base through annexation, and its GTM motion is direct-to-consumer within its service area, supported by a website, social media presence, email newsletters, and emergency notification channels. As a government special service district rather than a corporate entity, the organization has no venture or equity funding, no disclosed management team in the source material, and operates under public-utility regulatory oversight.

Name

Mountain Regional Water

Legal name

Mountain Regional Water Special Service District

Website

https://mtregional.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mountain Regional Water Special Service District is a Summit County Council-governed public water utility, founded in 2001, that delivers drinking water and smart-meter-based services to residential customers in Western Summit County, Utah, with growth driven by annexation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wellhead Protection & Source Water Protection Studies (EUAHAFAK)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Drinking water supply
• Smart water metering
• Water conservation programs
• Public water district

Headquarters

HQ city

Park City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Water Service Fees: Recurring water service charges to residential customers in the district's service area. Revenue is generated through water rates charged to property owners, who bear responsibility for payments per district rules and regulations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mountain Regional Water Special Service District is a governmental public water utility that provides treated drinking water to residential and commercial customers across Western Summit County, Utah. The district operates smart metering infrastructure (Badger meters with the Eye on Water leak detection platform), online bill payment, an emergency notification system, and the Signal Hill Floating Solar Array that powers its treatment facility. Founded in 2001 and governed by the Summit County Council, MRWSSD also runs conservation programs such as the Landscape Incentive Program.

Product overview

Mountain Regional Water Special Service District is a governmental public water supply entity providing drinking water services to Western Summit County, Utah. The district operates a unified water services platform that includes customer-facing utilities (Eye on Water leak detection, online bill pay, emergency notifications) and infrastructure projects (Signal Hill Floating Solar Array). The Eye on Water system uses intelligent Badger water meters to provide near real-time usage data, integrated with Everbridge for emergency alerts and Xpress Bill Pay for payments. Conservation initiatives include a Landscape Incentive Program to promote water efficiency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential and Commercial Drinking Water Service
• Eye on Water (Smart Meter Leak Alerts)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AmerescocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Ameresco is a partner in the Floating Solar Array Project at Signal Hill Treatment Plant. This is the first floating solar array in Utah, installed on the raw water storage pond within the Promontory development. Ameresco's collaboration enables the district to offset approximately 92% of electrical usage at the facility.
• Rocky Mountain Power (Blue Sky Participants)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Rocky Mountain Power and its Blue Sky Participants are partners in the district's solar and renewable energy initiatives. Combined with the floating solar array and the Summit County Power Purchase Agreement for the Elektron Solar project in Tooele County, this partnership helps the district achieve nearly total renewable energy usage.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American Water Works Company: Largest publicly traded US water and wastewater utility, serving over 14 million people across 14 states. Comparable as a regulated water utility providing drinking water service with smart-metering, customer-service, and conservation programs — though operating at dramatically greater scale and with private ownership rather than governmental structure.
• Veolia North America: Operates municipal water and wastewater contracts across North America, often partnering with government entities like MRWSSD on operational services. Comparable business model in regulated water delivery and treatment, with a strong focus on operational technology and sustainability — areas where MRWSSD is also investing.
• Essential Utilities: Large US water and natural gas utility serving multiple states with a regulated rate-base model. Directly comparable to MRWSSD's core water utility operations, with similar exposure to infrastructure renewal, conservation mandates, and rate-case dynamics — though at substantially larger scale.
• California Water Service Group: Investor-owned water utility serving California, Hawaii, Washington, and other states with regulated water service. Comparable in operating a metered, conservation-oriented water utility in drought-prone Western US geographies, with similar exposure to scarcity-driven pricing and capex-intensive infrastructure.

Others

• Mueller Water Products: Provider of water infrastructure products including smart metering, valves, and pipe-rehabilitation technology used by North American water utilities. Comparable as a critical supplier to MRWSSD's distribution and metering infrastructure, with similar exposure to utility capex cycles and AMI deployment trends.
• Badger Meter: Manufacturer of intelligent water meters and the Eye on Water leak-detection platform — the exact technology stack MRWSSD has deployed district-wide. Highly relevant as an enabling technology partner whose product roadmap directly shapes MRWSSD's smart-water capabilities.

Regional players

• Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District: Utah-based water conservancy district serving the Salt Lake Valley, providing wholesale and retail water supply similar to MRWSSD's role in Summit County. Highly comparable as a regional government water utility operating within the same state regulatory environment and serving a high-growth Utah population corridor.
• Weber Basin Water Conservancy District: Utah water conservancy district providing treated water to wholesale customers across the Wasatch front. Operates with a similar governmental structure to MRWSSD and faces comparable source-water, treatment, and conservation challenges in the Intermountain West.
• Central Utah Water Conservancy District: Major Utah water conservancy district managing the Central Utah Project, providing water treatment and delivery across multiple Utah counties. Comparable as a government water utility operating in the same state with similar service-delivery and infrastructure-investment responsibilities.
• Washington County Water Conservancy District: Utah water district serving the rapidly growing St. George region with similar governmental utility structure and a focus on source-water protection, conservation programs, and infrastructure investment. Operates in a comparable high-growth, arid Western US environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookmtnregionalwaterutah.gov/facebook
• Instagrammtnregionalwaterutah.gov/instagram
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mountain-regional-water

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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