Budget in Brief 20 23
Centennial Water & Sanitation District is the water and wastewater utility serving Highlands Ranch and Mirabelle. It has provided water and wastewater services to residential and commercial customers for four decades.
MISSION: Provide safe, sustainable and reliable water and wastewater utility services to our customers with superior quality and value.
VISION: To set the standard of excellence for community-based water and wastewater utility services through innovative practices in finance, operations and resource management.
OPERATING REVENUES
$49,843,814
RATES AS A FUNDING SOURCE
While some water and wastewater providers are funded by a combination of property tax and rates, Centennial Water is solely funded by rates. Rates provide funding for operations and reserve for future needs including water acquisition, debt service and capital.
The Centennial Water board of directors is committed to the annual review of rates to ensure sufficiency for the upcoming year and the future.
Centennial Water’s rates continue to be among the lowest in the south Denver Metro area.
WATER RATES PER 1,000 GALLONS
Rates recover the cost of operations and maintenance including cost for staff, treatment chemicals, utilities, ongoing repair and maintenance of facilities, water acquisition and debt service.
OPERATING EXPENDITURES
$27,970,536
Usage of Residential Residential Nonesidential Nonresidential Budget Summertime Wintertime Multi-Famil Multi-Family Indoor Only Irrigation Only Up to 100% $4.52 $4.52 $4.18 $4.62 100% - 120% $6.08 $6.08 $5.66 $6.20 120% - 140% $9.23 $6.08 $5.66 $10.90 140%+ $13.97 $10.06 $9.85 $18.50
Water Utilization Charges Wastewater Utilization Charges Other Operating Intergovernmental/Fund Reimbursement Rental Income INFRASTRUCTURE AT A GLANCE Water Utilization Charges Wastewater Utilization Charges Other Operating Intergovernmental/Fund Reimbursement Rental Income Water Operations Wastewater Operations Technical Management General Management Water Operations Wastewater Operations Technical Management General Management
CAPITAL AND MAJOR REPAIR PROJECTS
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS
AS OF DEC. 31, 2022
$22.2 M
Water Treatment Plant (Phase 1a)
A comprehensive restoration of the Water Treatment Plant continues in 2023. Work will focus on pretreatment modifications, regulatory upgrade requirements and process imrpovement.
In 2022, the board appropriated $1.1 million for the initial planning of phase 1b. Phase 1b will focus on expanding storage capacity for water treatment chemicals, and electrical upgrades at the plant.
$86.5 M
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Centennial Water will continue upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2023. The focus is on meeting new compulsory requirements implemented by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment.
DROUGHT RATES
10 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
In 2021, the Centennial Water board of directors adopted a Drought Response Plan. The plan is designed to maximize available water supplies and reduce water use during times of water shortage caused by drought. As part of the plan, drought rates were established and are now adopted during the normal budget process at the end of each year.
Drought pricing may be implemented as part of a drought response or declaration by the board of directors. Drought pricing is designed to increase awareness of the drought’s severity and provide a motivation for customers to reduce water use, which will help meet water-use reduction targets through pricing signals. Drought pricing is different from the regular rate structures for water service in that it is temporary in nature.
Visit centennialwater.org/drought to view the Drought Response Plan.
Usage of Residential Nonresidential Budget Summertime Multi-Family Irrigation Only
Stage 1 Rates
101% - 120% $7.60 $7.75
120% - 140% $11.54 $13.63
Stage 2 Rates
101% - 120% $9.12 $9.30
120% - 140% $13.85 $16.35
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Hendrick Office Building 0.01% Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition 0.09% Groundwater Treatment Plant/ Wells 1.5% Wastewater Treatment Plant 2.2% Pump Stations 2.9% Vehicles and Equipment 5.0% Lift Stations 7.3% Water Treatment 81.0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% $263,505,000
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% $263,505,000 District Office Supervisory Acquisition; Groundwater Plant/Wells; Wastewater 2.2% Pump Stations; Vehicles and Lift Stations; Water Treatment
