Notification software for small water districts

Prepare one notice.
Keep every record.

WaterNotify helps a district prepare and send emergency and service notices by text, in English and Spanish, with a record for every selected recipient.

The first trial uses staff phones. Customer messaging starts only after your district reviews the result.

Example notice preview Not sent
SERVICE NOTICE

Planned water shutoff

Draft
Affected area
Oak pressure zone 6 affected streets shown
Notice wording
District-approved template English + Spanish
Sendable 1,487
Not sent 13

YOUR WATER DISTRICT

Water service will be off on Tue, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for Oak zone repairs. Store the water you need. Updates: your district status page. Reply STOP to end.

Preview required Confirm & send
AFTER SEND

Send record

Per household
Pine Ave · ••42 Text Delivered
Oak Rd · ••18 Text Failed
Cedar Ct · ••05 Opted out
Bilingual textEnglish and Spanish notices
Zone targetingSaved service areas
Exact street previewSee the streets before sending
Recipient-level recordsDelivered, failed, or skipped

The workflow

From billing export to delivery record.

The sequence stays short on purpose. Every step shows the operator what the system is about to do before a message leaves.

  1. Import and check the customer list

    Upload the export the billing system already produces. New rows, duplicates, invalid numbers, and missing addresses are reported before import.

  2. Choose the notice and affected zone

    Select district-approved wording, then target the full system or a saved zone. The exact affected streets are shown before the send.

  3. Review, confirm, and keep the result

    Preview the exact audience and channel split, confirm the send, then retain a row for every household with the provider result or reason it was skipped.

Control before speed

Built for the moment when there is no room to improvise.

At 3 a.m., the useful feature is not another option. It is a short, visible path with the dangerous choices already removed.

Notice Stored template required for emergency wording
Audience Street list and exact recipient count shown
Channels Sendable, invalid, and opted-out counts shown
Send Preview and operator confirmation required

After the notice

A summary for the manager. A row for every household.

A total is useful for a quick check. The recipient-level record is what lets staff see who was attempted, delivered, failed, or skipped and why.

  • Export the delivery record as a spreadsheet
  • Print a formal notice report
  • Send a correction to the original recipient set
  • Publish current information on the district status page
NOTICE 0248

Delivery summary

Illustrative
Selected households 1,500
Text delivered
1,420
Text failed
67
Skipped
13

Delivery status reflects the result returned by the messaging provider.

Founding district pilot

Start with staff phones, not customer numbers.

Run the district's real workflow against a controlled staff list. Measure the result, inspect the delivery record, and decide what should happen next.

Discuss a staff-phone pilot

Your district provides

  • A sample billing export
  • Approved notice wording
  • Staff test phone numbers

WaterNotify prepares

  • Import mapping and validation
  • Zones, templates, and language setup
  • A guided staff-phone text trial

For residents

Received a WaterNotify message?

Your water agency sent it through WaterNotify to the number associated with your account. Enrollment is voluntary and never required to receive water service.

STOPEnd text messages
HELPGet assistance
STATUSGet the current notice

Common questions

What a district should know before a pilot.

Does this replace legally required notice methods?

No. WaterNotify is supplemental unless the relevant authority approves an alternative method. Each district remains responsible for its notice requirements.

How does zone targeting work?

The district assigns customer records to saved service zones. An operator chooses a zone and reviews its exact street list and recipient count before confirming.

Who can receive text messages?

Customers who separately consent to service-related messages from their agency. Replying STOP ends texts, and the opt-out is retained for future sends.

What is recorded after a send?

Each selected household keeps a status such as attempted, delivered, failed, or skipped, together with the channel, time, and available provider result.

A controlled first step

Put one real notice through the full workflow.

Email us about a pilot