Sewer
Sewage disposal service is provided within the city of Gig Harbor and to 122 accounts outside its city limits. Outside of the City of Gig Harbor, most of the service area utilizes septic drain fields for permanent sewage disposal.

Water
As of 2001, the Gig Harbor Peninsula community Plan identified 92 small Group A water systems that have either 15 or more connections or serve 25 or more people per day for 60 or more days per year regardless of the number of connections. Separate water purveyors are responsible for operating these systems. The three largest purveyors on the Peninsula are Washington Water Service Co (WWSC) at 21 square miles, City of Gig Harbor Water Department at six square miles and Rainier View Water Company at four square miles. Peninsula Light also provides water service to some of its customers. (www.penlight.org)

Communications
Telephone: CenturyTel (www.centurytel.com)
ISP: HarborNet (www.harbornet.com)

Electric
Electric power is supplied primarily by Peninsula Light company (www.penlight.org). Peninsula Light Co serves approximately 26,000 members in a 107-square mile area of Pierce county west of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The service area includes Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor Peninsula, Fox island, Tanglewood island, Raft Island and Herron island.

Gas
As of October 2000, Puget Sound Energy has a total of 6817 natural gas customers in the Gig Harbor Peninsula area over the past four years. Puget Sound Energy has experienced a steady average of 5.8% growth. (www.pugetsoundenergy.com)

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