Metropolitan Utilities District (M.U.D.) is a public utility serving the Omaha metropolitan area, and proud to be customer-owned. Our mission is to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective natural gas and water services to our community.The District is governed by a board of seven directors, elected by our customer-owners. The board meets the first Wednesday of every month.As the fifth largest public gas utility in the United States, we provide a product and service at rates that are lower than area investor-owned utilities and among the lowest in the Midwest. We serve natural gas to 227,106 customers in Omaha, Bennington, Fort Calhoun, Springfield, Yutan and Bellevue.We also provide safe drinking water to 211,623 customers in Omaha, Bellevue, Bennington, Carter Lake, La Vista, Ralston, Waterloo and the Papio-Missouri Natural Resources District (which supplies water to Fort Calhoun). Our water meets all state and federal standards for safe drinking water. We also maintain 26,974 hydrants for fire protection.Besides providing natural gas and water to customers in the metro area, we also provide a cost-saving service to municipalities by collecting sewer use and trash fees.We have more than 840 employees who live and work in the community.