FY26 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 2024 Projected

CY 2025 Estimate

Performance Measures:

CY 2021

CY 2022

CY 2023

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

281

285

285

285

286

1.5

3.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

% system

0.5%

1.2%

0.5%

0.5%

0.5%

Annual Locates* in tickets 10,000 * 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. 11,204 15,761 9,728 10,000

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 2025 Projected

FY 2026 Estimate

Performance Measures:

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

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

2,016

2,041

2,055

2,000

2,000

74

75

75

74

74

Cost for one gallon of water**

$0.0057

$0.0059

$0.0061

$0.0063

$0.0065

Unmetered Water Loss***

10.3%

9.2%

9.0%

10.0%

10.0%

Metered, Unbilled Water****

1.2%

1.7%

1.1%

1.5%

1.5%

(present worth at vol. rate) $1,230,000 $1,181,000 $1,137,000 $1,295,000 $1,334,000 * 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, firefighting, 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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