Every day, nearly one million people depend on Louisville Water Company to provide safe, high-quality drinking water to Louisville Metro and surrounding communities. Louisville Water has a 164-year history of quality, service, innovation, and value. The company began operations in 1860 as Kentucky’s first public water provider and today supplies water and fire protection to communities in Louisville Metro and parts of Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, and Spencer counties.