Water & Sewer

The IVGID treatment plant and pipeline teams provide drinking water and remove wastewater in our community. Click here for Water & Sewer Ordinances.

Did you know.....

• The pipeline crew maintains over 132 miles drinking water and sewer pipelines
• Treated wastewater and solids are exported out of the basin
• Utility staff maintains the IVGID wetlands in Douglas County to which supports over 70 avian and mammalian species

Water

The Incline Village General Improvement District provides its water customers with a safe, palatable water supply that is very close to its pure, natural state.  The Public Works water treatment plant is one of a handful of surface water, treatment facilities across the nation that is not required to provide filtration for its drinking water.

IVGID has received an exemption of filtration requirement because of the unique characteristics and extremely high quality of our water source, Lake Tahoe. For more information on protecting your drinking water quality, visit our source water protection webpage. For questions about your water service, please click here.

A state-of-the-art ozone treatment process provides disinfection of drinking water. Ozone is a powerful disinfectant that does not alter mineral quality and enhances the taste of the water. It is also much less likely than chlorine to produce cancer-causing disinfection by products. The process is less costly than conventional filtration.

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Sewer

Constructed in 1962, the Incline Village Waste Water Reclamation Facility (Treatment Plant) receives an average of 1.4 million gallons of wastewater daily.  The collection and export system for wastewater includes eighteen pump stations, a .5 million-gallon storage tank, and a twenty-mile export pipeline.  Treatment consists of six jet aeration basins and an aerobic digester.

The wastewater treatment process from start to finish takes approximately 15 hours. Bentley Ranch composts the remaining bio-solids. Through the export pipeline transports the plant’s secondary effluent to the IVGID wetlands in Douglas County.

The 20-mile export pipeline carries treated effluent from the treatment plant to the wetlands system. The facility:
– Disposes of treated wastewater effectively and economically
– Expands the exciting wetlands habitat for wildlife
– Provides an educational experience for visitors
The wastewater is disposed of through evaporation, transpiration (evaporation through plants), and percolation (seepage through soil). The water passes through several lagoons on 290 acres of the 770 acre site. The system works in harmony with the existing warm-water wetlands, adapts to year-round fluctuations in weather and temperature, and meets state and EPA water quality requirements. The site includes a natural warm-water wetland and supports over 70 species of birds and mammals.