Metropolitan Utilities District

The Metropolitan Utilities District, or M.U.D., is the political subdivision and public corporation of the U.S. State of Nebraska that operates the drinking water and natural gas systems for Omaha, Nebraska and surrounding areas.

is the only metropolitan utilities district in the State of Nebraska, and the fifth largest public natural gas utility in the U.S.[2] Founded by the Nebraska Legislature as the Metropolitan Water District in 1913, five years later, the state legislators authorized the City of Omaha to assign the responsibility for operation of the gas system to the Metropolitan Water District.

may enter contracts, promulgate regulations, set water and natural gas rates, buy, sell or lease land and issue revenue bonds.

's governing body is a seven-member board of directors, publicly elected to six-year terms on a nonpartisan basis.

operates a filling station for Compressed Natural Gas-powered vehicles near 64th & Center St in Omaha.