Capital Improvements Advisory Committee approves El Paso Water's semiannual impact-fee report; staff to implement SB14 credit process

The Capital Improvements Advisory Committee voted to file El Paso Water's semiannual report on impact fees for the period March 1 through Aug. 31, 2025, after a staff presentation outlining collections, capital spending and next steps to implement state-required credits.

Gustavo Hurtado, fiscal operations manager for El Paso Water, told the committee the report is required semiannually and summarized activity in the utility's impact-fee service areas. "This report covers from 03/01/2025 through 08/31/2025," Hurtado said, and noted the utility assesses fees in developing portions of the city (West Side, Northeast and East).

The report shows El Paso Water has a water CIP budget of about $521.7 million with $137 million spent to date and an approximately $727 million wastewater CIP with $134.3 million spent to date. Hurtado said the utility spent about $30.5 million during the six-month reporting period, including roughly $22.3 million on the Pure Water Center. The Franklin East transmission main has a budget of about $37 million with $12.8 million spent so far, and the Bustamante wastewater…