Did you make a guess to the questions we asked yesterday? Now is the time to find out how close you were!

7,853,000 gallons of water, combined, is held by our 14 water towers.

3,250,000 gallons of water, combined, can be held by the 2 new water towers.

Were you surprised by the answer? Were you expecting a higher or a lower number?

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We are so proud to have Shaun Youravich as our General Manager! His unwavering commitment to improving the drinking water industry is inspiring.KRWA’s Executive Director, Scott Young, and Hardin County Water District’s General Manager, Shaun Youravich, are on Capitol Hill for Water Week 2026!

Today, they met with Congressman Brett Guthrie, Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, to discuss critical water issues impacting Kentucky utilities, including PFAS and CERCLA liability.

Grateful for the opportunity to represent our communities and be part of these important conversations in Washington, D.C. 🙌💧

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For #TakeAWildGuessDay we have a question for you:
How many millions of gallons of water combined can our 14 water towers hold?

Here's a bonus question:
How many millions of gallons of water, combined, can be held by the 2 new water towers that are currently in construction?

Ask your friends the question and see what they guess. We will post the answers tomorrow morning on a new post. How close will your guess be?

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Everyone at HCWD2 would like to wish you and your family a Happy Easter! We hope your day is joyful and filled with happiness! ... See MoreSee Less

With eight years of dedicated service, Krisi O’Donley has become a valued member of Hardin County Water District No. 2, known for her commitment to customer care.

In her daily role, Krisi clearly explains new accounts and meter taps, helping customers fully understand their billing and responsibilities. Her goal is simple: to make every interaction clear and stress-free.

One of Krisi’s proudest accomplishments is her ability to successfully navigate challenging customer situations. Over time, she has developed a strong sense of professionalism and patience, learning to remain calm under pressure and focus on solutions. This approach allows her to turn difficult moments into positive outcomes.

What Krisi finds most fulfilling about her work is helping customers feel supported. She understands that things can sometimes be confusing or frustrating, and she takes pride in making the process smoother—ensuring customers feel cared for rather than overwhelmed.

Her biggest inspiration comes from her children. Thinking about their future, happiness, and the life she wants to help create for them motivates her every day. They inspire her to be stronger, more patient, and more focused in both her personal and professional life.

A favorite memory at HCWD2 is a fun Halloween moment when Krisi and her coworkers dressed up as Distribution Technicians, bringing humor and camaraderie to the workplace.

For Krisi, the best part of the job is simple: connecting with customers.
If given the opportunity to swap roles for a day, she would choose to be a field technician. Experiencing the hands-on side of installations and repairs, she says, would give her an even deeper understanding of the services the team provides. ... See MoreSee Less

For the fourth week in #WomensHistoryMonth, we are highlighting Agnes Pockels and her work on the surface tension of water.

Agnes Pockels was born in 1862 in Venice, Italy but moved with her family to Brunswick, Germany in 1871, where she attended a secondary school for girls. She had been interested in science from a young age and wanted to study physics, but during that time women in Germany were not generally allowed access to universities. She managed to gain access to scientific literature through her younger brother, Friedrich, a student at the University of Gottingen, who would later become a physics professor.

Throughout Pockels life, she took care of her parents and was in charge of housekeeping, which included regularly washing dishes. While washing dishes, Pockels discovered the influence of impurities on the surface tension of fluids. After many observations, she was able to create a device that would allow her to measure the surface tension of water. The device she created was known as the Pockels trough and was a key instrument in the new discipline of surface science. In 1891, after 10 years of meticulous measurements, Pockels published her first paper "Surface Tension" with the help of Lord Rayleigh, who was extremely impressed by Pockels work. He recognized the value in her work, writing she was “…a German lady, who with very homely appliances has arrived at valuable results regarding the behaviour of contaminated water surfaces.”

Pockels continued to investigate surface tension and gained recognition from German physicists after she published more of her results. In addition to recognition, she was invited to hold scientific lectures. However, in the early 1900s, she was unable to continue her experiments due to her ill parents requiring more care. During WWI, Pockels lost contact with the scientific community. In 1932, she received an honorary doctorate in engineering from Technische Hochschule Braunschweig, finally receiving public recognition for her work.

Agnes Pockels made incredible discoveries about surface tension using only dirty dishes in her kitchen sink. Her surface tension discoveries, which occurred over 130 years ago, are still used today throughout the scientific community, such as measuring water pollution. Agnes Pockels is a reminder that not all-important discoveries are made in a laboratory.

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