FY27 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 2025 Projected

CY 2026 Estimate

Performance Measures:

CY 2022

CY 2023

CY 2024

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

285

285

286

287

288

3.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

% system

1.2%

0.5%

0.5%

0.5%

0.5%

Annual Locates* in tickets 9,000 * 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. 15,761 9,728 8,879 9,000

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 2026 Projected

FY 2027 Estimate

Performance Measures:

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

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

2,041

2,055

2,032

2,030

2,030

75

75

74

74

74

Cost for one gallon of water**

$0.0059

$0.0061

$0.0063

$0.0065

$0.0067

Unmetered Water Loss***

9.2%

9.0%

7.4%

8.0%

8.0%

Metered, Unbilled Water****

1.7%

1.1%

1.3%

1.3%

1.3%

(present worth at vol. rate) $1,000,000 $1,000,000 * 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. $1,181,000 $1,137,000 $986,000

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