Utilities & Transportation

Electricity

  • Supplier: Falls City Utilities
  • KW capacity: 21,116
  • KW peak demand: 15,100
  • Additional sources: Omaha Public Power District, Western Area Power Association, Nebraska Municipal Power Pool

Waste Water Treatment

  • Type of sewage treatment: Extended Air Activated
  • Sledge Capacity: 1,400,000 gallons/day
  • Present load: 650,000 gallons/day
  • Sewer use charge: Yes

Natural Gas

  • Natural gas service available: Yes
  • Supplier: Falls City Utilities

Water

  • Water supplied by: City of Falls City
  • Name of supplier: Falls City Utilities
  • Source of city water: Wells
  • Number of wells: 11
  • Average depth of wells: 65 feet
  • Capacity of water plant: 1,500 gallons/minute
  • Average consumption: 750,000 gallons/day
  • Peak consumption: 1,400,000 gallons/day
  • Storage capacity: 2,000,000 gallons
  • Hardness (ppm): 175
  • Treated: Yes
  • Temperature range: 56º F

Telephone & Wireless

Southeast Nebraska Communications
Local land line and wireless provider
110 W. 17th Street
Falls City, NE 68355
402.245.4451

US Cellular – wireless provider
Radioshack
1610 Stone Street
Falls City NE 68355
402.245.5029

Verizon Wireless
1419 Harlan St.
Falls City, NE 68355
402.245.2994

Internet/ DSL/ Cable/Dial Up

Southeast Nebraska Communications
Dial up and DSL (fiber optic) Internet
110 W. 17th Street
Falls City, NE 68355
402.245.6000

Time Warner
Broadband Internet and Cable TV
1816 Stone Street
Falls City NE  68355
402.245.2863

Sanitation Service

Falls City Sanitation
1503 Lane St.
Falls City NE 68355
402.245.4545

Local Transit System

Richardson County Transit: 402.245.3664

Motor Carrier

  • Highway bus service available
    2 federal highways serving city
    2 state highways serving city
  • City is NOT within one mile of an interstate highway interchange
  • Names of nearest interstate highways: I-29; I-80; I-70
  • Distance to nearest interstate interchange: 25 miles

Motor freight carriers serving community

Interstate carriers: 6
Intrastate carriers: 2

Time in transit for carload or truckload lots to:

City Days by Railroad Days by Motor Freight
Chicago 4 2
Dallas 3 2
Denver 4 1
Kansas City 1 1
Los Angeles 5 3
Minneapolis 3 2
New York 5 2
St. Louis 2 1

Air

  • Distance to nearest public airport: 1 mile
  • Elevation: 991 feet
  • Type of runway: Hard surface
  • Length of longest runway: 4,200 feet
  • Runway lighted: Yes
  • Private aircraft storage available: Yes
  • Private aircraft maintenance available: Yes

Location of air transportation:

Barge

  • City does NOT adjoin navigable river
  • Distance to nearest barge dock: 14 miles

Rail

  • Community served by railroad
  • Distance to nearest loading point: 0 miles (grain)
  • Number of freight train trips per day: 5* (does not include coal trains)
  • No functional piggy back ramp available
  • Distance to nearest piggy back ramp service: 100 miles
  • Names of railroads: Burlington Nortdern Santa Fe, Union Pacific Railroad