Butler's water system serves it's 4,219 persons as well as various businesses and industries within the city limits. The city also provides water for approximately 2,650 rural customers in the Bates County Rural Water Districts, numbered 1, 3, 4 & 6. The city and districts total average daily water usage is 812,200 gallons.
Water consumption by the city residents and rural water district customers totals approximately 1.3 million gallons per day at peak times.