DONEY PARK WATER
A public service corporation and member-owned cooperative regulated by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the Arizona Corporation Commission, DPW is an Arizona not-for-profit utility organization servicing a 44 square mile area northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. We currently provide water to over 3,300 households and businesses.
The co-op has seven wells situated throughout our service area. The Coconino Aquifer that we draw out of is approximately 1,700 feet deep. Our water is considered hard, ranging from 11.1 to 15.6 grains per gallon, depending on where in the distribution system you live. We do not soften the water, nor do we add anything to it. Annually, we send out a water quality report to our members, which specifically describes the quality and content of our water.
Run by a five-member Board of Directors, the day-to-day operations of Doney Park Water are under the direct supervision of the General Manager. There is an office staff and field crew, all of whom are working towards one goal: to provide you with safe, clean, high-quality water at a reasonable cost.
HISTORY
Doney Park Water was incorporated in 1936 when ranchers in the area came together to help each other with the water situation. Prior to that, there had actually been old western water feuds! One in particular comes to mind: according to the Coconino Sun article dated August 1, 1930, 90 year-old rancher Ben Doney was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot two other ranchers as they came close to the spring on his property. Mr. Doney was quite a character and had a few other altercations over water. The Doney Park area is named after this colorful pioneer. His house, the historic Ben Doney cabin, was moved to Flagstaff’s Pioneer History Museum in 1967 and continues to make its home there.
A public service corporation and member-owned cooperative regulated by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the Arizona Corporation Commission, DPW is an Arizona not-for-profit utility organization servicing a 44 square mile area northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. We currently provide water to over 3,300 households and businesses.
The co-op has seven wells situated throughout our service area. The Coconino Aquifer that we draw out of is approximately 1,700 feet deep. Our water is considered hard, ranging from 11.1 to 15.6 grains per gallon, depending on where in the distribution system you live. We do not soften the water, nor do we add anything to it. Annually, we send out a water quality report to our members, which specifically describes the quality and content of our water.
Run by a five-member Board of Directors, the day-to-day operations of Doney Park Water are under the direct supervision of the General Manager. There is an office staff and field crew, all of whom are working towards one goal: to provide you with safe, clean, high-quality water at a reasonable cost.
HISTORY
Doney Park Water was incorporated in 1936 when ranchers in the area came together to help each other with the water situation. Prior to that, there had actually been old western water feuds! One in particular comes to mind: according to the Coconino Sun article dated August 1, 1930, 90 year-old rancher Ben Doney was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot two other ranchers as they came close to the spring on his property. Mr. Doney was quite a character and had a few other altercations over water. The Doney Park area is named after this colorful pioneer. His house, the historic Ben Doney cabin, was moved to Flagstaff’s Pioneer History Museum in 1967 and continues to make its home there.
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