Exhibit 32.2

                         RULE 13a - 14(b) CERTIFICATION



In connection with the Annual Report of Glacier Water Services, Inc., (the
Company) on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 2005 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
March 28, 2005