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City presents utilities budgets and infrastructure updates; water, stormwater and wastewater projects highlighted
Summary
Department leaders outlined the proposed 2026 utility budgets and recent accomplishments including reduced water-main breaks, lead service-line work, increased storm-sewer cleaning and wastewater treatment improvements.
City utility directors presented the proposed 2026 budgets Aug. 19, detailing operations, recent accomplishments and capital projects for water, stormwater and wastewater utilities.
Sylvia Davis, utilities director, said the water utility serves approximately 174,000 people and produces about 7.8 billion gallons annually. Staff reported an operations-and-maintenance cost benchmark of roughly $4.1 million per 100 miles of main, which Davis said is near the American Water Works Association median for systems of comparable size. The water budget request shown to the council was about $62 million for personnel, contractuals…
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