FY25 Proposed Budget

Goals, objectives, and performance measures

Partnerships and Engagement

Strategic Plan Value:

Provide sufficient quantities of competitively priced high quality potable water to enable economic growth. Utilize long-term planning studies and prioritization matrices to make targeted distribution system investments to meet current and future water demand.

Department Goal:

Department Objective:

CY 2023 Projected

CY 2024 Estimate

Performance Measures:

CY 2019

CY 2020

CY 2021

CY 2022

Total Public Water Main (Miles) New or Replaced Main (Miles)

277

280

281

285

286

287

2.9

3.3

1.5

3.4

2.0

2.0

% system

1.0%

1.2%

0.5%

1.2%

0.7%

0.7%

Annual Locates* in tickets 12,000 * Underground utility locates are performed prior to a digging activity in the right-of-way. The number of annual locates can be used as an indirect measurement of development activity. 8,912 9,513 11,204 15,761 12,000

Partnerships and Engagement

Strategic Plan Value:

Water Efficiency

Department Goal:

Monitor production and usage trends to continue to identify opportunities to promote sustainable and affordable water use.

Department Objective:

FY 2024 Projected

FY 2025 Estimate

Performance Measures:

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

Water Pumped (millions of gallons*) Water Use (gal. per capita per day)

1,959

2,006

2,016

2,041

2,000

2,000

69

72

74

75

80

80

Cost for one gallon of water**

$0.0054

$0.0057

$0.0057

$0.0059

$0.0059

$0.0062

Unmetered Water Loss***

10.6%

10.8%

10.3%

9.2%

10.0%

10.0%

Metered, Unbilled Water****

1.0%

0.9%

1.2%

1.7%

1.0%

1.0%

(present worth at vol. rate) $1,206,000 $1,245,000 $1,230,000 $1,181,000 $1,168,000 $1,168,000 * The City makes enough drinking water to put a mile high stack of water on Kinnick Stadium football field annually. ** Cost determined for a 5/8" meter customer using 1,000 cubic feet of water monthly. (Svc. Fee + Vol. Fee)/7,500 gal *** Water lost to main breaks, flushing, development testing, fire fighting, private service leaks, etc… **** Metered water use at public facilities that are not billed for water. Addition of the "Unmetered Water Loss" percentage to "Metered, Unbilled Water" is the total water produced that generated no revenue.

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