Category: History

This is a milestone in Louisville Water’s history: for the first time in our 165 years of operations, all customers…

When you think of Louisville Water, do you think of a swimming pool? Maybe not, but back in the early…

Each year, thousands of students, group tours, and residents visit the Louisville Water Tower to learn Louisville’s drinking water story….

As our city celebrates grand occasions from over a century ago, specifically the publication of The Great Gatsby and the…

Louisville Water will celebrate 165 years in the fall. As we manage through one of the top 10 floods in…

For the second time in less than two months, floodwaters have ravaged Kentucky. Last week’s storms and relentless rain in…

Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s hard to believe one year has passed since Louisville Water reopened to the…

“It’s amazing how they put in this big pipe and didn’t have the advanced machinery as we do now in…

Louisville Water Tower is the site of landmark research on water filtration. This well-known photograph of George Warren Fuller and…

Glennon Zelch worked to keep water flowing in Louisville for decades. He even helped resolve  an emergency that threatened to…