Utilities and Telecommunications

The Le Mars Business Initiative works in partnership with utility service providers to meet the needs of business and industry. We understand that an advanced utility and telecommunications infrastructure is another important ingredient to business success. Utility partners also work with our organization to provide businesses with site location and expansion assistance including financial incentive packaging, competitive rate offerings and location/infrastructure analysis.

Electric and Natural Gas
Le Mars is served by North West Rural Electric Cooperative and MidAmerican Energy. Visit their economic development Web sites for more information on services available to new and expanding businesses.

Water/Sewer
Le Mars has a municipally-owned water system. Water plant capacity is 5,200,000 gallons and elevated storage capacity is 1,000,000 gallons. The wastewater treatment plant’s daily flow is 1.7 MGD and the design flow is 2.9 MGD.

Telecommunications
T1-DSL service is available. Le Mars Communications offers wireless high-speed internet.  Frontier Communications and Mediacom offer high-speed internet service. Video conferencing service is available at three Iowa Communications Network (ICN) sites.