EXHIBIT 32.2

                               CERTIFICATION UNDER
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Glacier Water  Services,  Inc., (the
Company) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 26, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, W. David
Walters,  Senior Vice  President  and Chief  Financial  Officer of the  Company,
certify,  pursuant to and for the  purposes of 18 U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as adopted
pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition of the Company as of
               the dates indicated and results of operations of the Company for
               the periods indicated.


/s/ W. David Walters
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W. David Walters
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
October 27, 2004