WATER
SAFETY • RELIABILITY • FAIRNESS
Every day, the City of Sacramento’s Department of Utilities works to make sure your community’s water pipelines and
facilities are safe and reliable. We are fast tracking our water metering program so our rates are fair for everyone. And, we
always provide you a safe, reliable and high-quality water supply. It’s important. It’s Your Utilities and Your Community.
THEN: 2012
NOW: 2015
WE DELIVERED ON OUR PROMISE
— HOW WE SPENT YOUR $$
WHAT WE PROMISED
WE’D DO WITH YOUR $$
(2012-15)
We asked for/received a 3-year rate increase
(10% each year from 2012-15)
Install 18,000 water
meters and 11 miles of
water main pipelines
$77.2 million
Upgrade the
Sacramento
River Water
Treatment Plant
$161 million
Security &
Emergency Prep
Operations &
Maintenance
Pipeline & Facilities
Contingency
$16 million
Rehab 6
groundwater wells
$6.3 million
Rehabilitated century-old
Sacramento River
Water Treatment
Plant
$160 million
Security &
Emergency Prep
Operations &
Maintenance
Pipeline & Facilities
Contingency
$10 million
$
Rehabilitated 29
groundwater wells
$12 million
Plus, we secured $8.4 million in grant
funds for 23 additional projects:
• Additional meter installations
• Fairbairn well construction
• Shasta Park well construction
MAINTENANCE MEANS $$ SAVINGS, RELIABILITY, SAFETY
2012: 400 YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE
2015: 280 YEAR REPLACEMENT
OUR GOAL: 100 YEAR
REPLACEMENT CYCLE
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CYCLE
Utilities has improved its water pipeline replacement cycle from
an average 400 years to an average 280 years. Best practices for
the replacement of water pipelines is every 100 years.
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Installed
21,000
meters
and replaced
28 miles of
water main
pipeline
$79 million
WHAT WE’RE FACING: 2020
MOVING TO A FULLY METERED CITY FOR EVERYONE
Up to 2012
2012-15
2015-16
2016-20
64,613
21,000
7,500
42,600
meters
installed
meters
installed
meters in
construction
meters to
be installed
2020
1 3 5 7 1 3
METERS
INSTALLED
It’s the right thing to do to fast-track our metering program
and complete it by 2020. It’s great for water conservation and
ensures everyone is billed in a fair and equitable way.
WATER UTILITY COSTS FOR NEXT 4 YEARS
Customer Service/IT
$8.7 million
Rehabilitation and
Replacement
$17.9 million
8.5 miles of distribution pipelines
Reservoir and water treatment
plant rehab
Security and emergency
preparedness
Operations and
Maintenance support
Pipeline and facilities
contingency
$7.5 million
Meter Retrofit Program
$230 million
42,564 water meters
76 miles of distribution
pipelines
Drinking Water Quality
Program
$1.4 million
Regulatory requirement
Total: $265.5 million
RATE ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY
$4.57
$5.03
10% increase
$
$5.53
$6.09
10% increase
10% increase
10% increase
7/1/2017
7/1/2018
7/1/2019
0
2015 - 16
7/1/2016
YOUR WATER SYSTEM
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29 groundwater wells
1,727 total miles of pipelines
That’s the driving distance from Sacramento to Overland Park, Kansas!
12/10/15
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