The district's total operating and capital budget is $315 million, with $212 million allocated for operations and $103 million for capital projects. The budget is balanced and sustainable into the future.
Highlights of the district’s FY 2010-11 budget include:
- Scheduled construction of 23 capital projects, projected to generate or sustain an estimated 1,100 – 2,200 local jobs
- An increase of $9.9 million over FY 2009-10, $9 million of which funds capital construction
- External funding of $26.4 million, including $16 million in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funding, and $10.4 million in local, state and federal capital reimbursements
- Projected revenue reductions of $5.8 million from lower water use levels due to conservation
- Property tax revenue reductions of 1.2 percent, or $0.9 million
- Reduction in overhead costs by 1.8 percent
- Reductions in Water Utility Enterprise operations costs of 3.8 percent; increase in Watersheds operations costs of 3.8 percent
To keep overall costs down, the district has maintained services while cutting positions, delaying projects, reducing expenditures and keeping water charges flat for a third straight year.
In FY 2010-11, the water district has:
- Cut 25 positions, for a total of 82 over the past three years—about 10 percent of the district workforce
- Continued with agency-wide efficiencies and consolidations to realize ongoing cost reductions, including a 14 percent reduction in managed units/offices
- Reduced consultant services by 19.2 percent, or $7 million
Download our Budget in Brief or specific sections of the adopted FY 2010-2011 budget from the list at right.
