FY26 Proposed Budget

WASTEWATER FUND

The Wastewater Fund accounts for the business-like operations of the City’s wastewater/sewer utility. The wastewater utility operates the City’s waste treatment plant, the sewage lift stations, the sanitary sewer collection system, and the wastewater monitoring operations. The Wastewater Fund is primarily supported through user fees. The wastewater operations underwent a major transformation in 2015. The City completed a major expansion of the South Wastewater Treatment Plant, and all of the City’s sewage treatment operations were consolidated at the South Plant. The project cost was $55 million and was funded from $41.4 million from state and federal grants, $8.6 million from Local Option Sales Tax revenue, and $5 million from Wastewater user fees. A project to demolish and remove the North Treatment Plant and establish wetlands and a park was started in fiscal year 2015 at an estimated cost of $6 million with the assistance of a State sales tax flood mitigation grant. The Wastewater Fund provided a $6 million loan to the Capital Projects Fund for the demolition of the North Wastewater Treatment Plant in fiscal year 2015. The loan was repaid with the State sales tax flood mitigation grant, and the final loan payment was made in fiscal year 2022.

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