Editing Great Bend, Kansas (section)

===Utilities===
The city government's Public Works Department is responsible for water distribution, waste water treatment, and sewer maintenance. One of the few cities in the area not to have a water treatment plant or water tower, Great Bend obtains its water supply directly from ten wells located throughout the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Water Division | publisher = City of Great Bend | url = http://www.greatbendks.net/index.aspx?NID=119 | access-date = November 22, 2011}}</ref> Waste water is treated and recycled at the city's Wastewater Treatment Facility and then emptied into the Arkansas River.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wastewater Treatment Facility | publisher = City of Great Bend | url = http://www.greatbendks.net/index.aspx?NID=134 | access-date = November 22, 2011}}</ref> Two regional energy cooperatives, Midwest Energy, Inc. and Wheatland Electric, provide electric power.<ref name=Chamber>{{cite web | title = Utilities | publisher = Great Bend Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.greatbend.org/eco_utilities.cfm | access-date = November 22, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120407015614/http://www.greatbend.org/eco_utilities.cfm | archive-date = April 7, 2012 }}</ref> Local residents primarily use natural gas for heating fuel; Midwest Energy and [[Kansas Gas Service]] both provide natural gas service.<ref name=CityData /><ref name=Chamber/>