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Natural gas is a combustible, gaseous mixture of simple hydrocarbon compounds, usually found in deep underground reservoirs formed by porous rock. Natural gas is a fossil fuel composed almost entirely of methane, but does contain small amounts of other gases, including ethane, propane, butane and pentane. Methane is composed of a molecule of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms.

Natural Gas has a distinct, pungent odor so it is easy to detect.  Leaking gas cause an explosion and fire.

GMSA NATURAL GAS DEPARTMENT

Grove Municipal Services Authority provides Natural Gas service to 6500 customers, the cities of Afton, Fairland and Jay, the Simmons Feedmill located in the Fairland Industrial Park and the Compressed National Gas Fueling Station located at Highway 59N and O'Daniel Avenue.

The Natural Gas system is made up of:

• Be aware of and follow all water conservation and water shortage rules in effect in your community. Don’t assume — even if you get your water from a private well — that you need not observe good water use rules. Every drop counts.
• Encourage your employer to promote water conservation in the workplace. Suggest that water conservation be put in employee orientation and training programs.

• Inside your house, bathroom facilities claim nearly 75% of the water used
• Never pour water down the drain when there may be another use for it such as watering a plant or garden, or for cleaning around your home.
• Verify that your home is leak free. Many homes have hidden water leaks. Read your water meter before and after a two-hour period when no water is being used. If the meter does not read exactly the same, there is a leak.

The human body is more than three-quarters water. It's is essential to existence, not only for people, but for plants and animals as well.

It covers 70 percent of the earth's surface. At least 97 percent of the world's water is salty and undrinkable. Another two percent is polluted, polar ice, or otherwise inaccessible and undrinkable. That leaves approximately one percent for humans to use.

On a daily basis, the people of the United States, directly and indirectly, use more than 380 billion gallons, or approximately 1,668 gallons per person.