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Utilities director reports 11% jump in water use; council hears infrastructure upgrades and conservation steps
Summary
The Utilities Director told council that total water consumption rose about 11% from 2023 to 2024 and reviewed infrastructure work including an odor-control system, meter replacements and an outage-management system; council asked staff for follow-ups on scrubber locations, transformer maintenance, and rate-study timing.
The city’s Utilities Department presented its annual report and answered council questions about water use, electric reliability and upcoming projects.
Utilities Director Stuubitz told the council the city operates four municipal utilities (water, wastewater, electric and landfill) and that total water consumption rose from about 6,681 acre-feet in 2023 to about 8,546 acre-feet in 2024, an increase of roughly 11 percent. Staff said the increase aligned with higher single‑family residential outdoor use and hotter, drier conditions (the department…
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