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Enterprise Funds Water and Sewer

FUND SUMMARY

FY2023 FY2024 FY2024 FY2025 Chg from PY Adopted
Final Adopted Adjusted Rec. Amount %
Revenues
License & Permits 1,582,488 1,646,940 1,646,940 1,910,000 263,060 16.0 %
Charge for Service 556,743,616 524,426,085 564,626,085 562,502,751 38,076,666 7.3 %
Use of Money & Property 9,231,533 2,296,386 2,296,386 2,596,386 300,000 13.1 %
Other 15,241,125 12,645,000 13,066,220 13,895,000 1,250,000 9.9 %
Transfer In 26,144,360 33,829,466 33,829,466 36,058,961 2,229,495 6.6 %
Total Revenues 608,943,122 574,843,877 615,465,097 616,963,098 42,119,221 7.3 %

Expenses
Salaries & Benefits 87,961,871 96,442,001 96,442,001 101,683,699 5,241,698 5.4 %
Gen Operating &
Maintenance 225,907,026 241,175,128 256,350,128 257,165,299 15,990,171 6.6 %
Debt Service Accts 1,006,317 33,900 455,120 33,900 — 0.0 %
Transfer Out & Other 266,433,117 237,192,848 262,217,848 258,080,200 20,887,352 8.8 %
Total Expenses 581,308,331 574,843,877 615,465,097 616,963,098 42,119,221 7.3 %
Grand Total $ 27,634,791 $ — $ — $ — $ — 0.0 %

2024 2025 Change
Fund AP FTE AP FTE AP FTE
Water and Sewer Fund 1,008.00 982.25 1,021.00 993.61 13.00 11.36
W&S Capital Projects — 25.75 — 27.39 — 1.64
Total 1,008.00 1,008.00 1,021.00 1,021.00 13.00 13.00

FUND PURPOSE AND GOALS

The Water and Sewer Fund is an Enterprise Fund responsible for providing water, wastewater and reclaimed
water services to residential, commercial, industrial, irrigation, and wholesale customers. Fort Worth Water (the
Utility) serves approximately 1.4 million people in Fort Worth and 33 surrounding communities. Operations are
financed through a rate structure based on the amount of services used, as well as base service fees, which are
billed to customers on a monthly basis. Debt is issued for large capital projects.

The Water and Sewer Fund provides resources for three separate departments: water, sewer and reclaimed
water. These services are billed separately to more accurately capture the cost of each service. However, the
Water and Sewer Departments share administrative staff, and many of the employees are partially expensed to
more than one department.

The Water Department is responsible for providing safe, clean drinking water to Fort Worth residents and
customer cities. The Sewer Department collects, monitors, treats and processes domestic and industrial
waterborne waste from Fort Worth and other contracting communities. The Reclaimed Water Department
provides highly treated effluent from Fort Worth’s water reclamation facility. Reclaimed water is distributed through
a separate system to wholesale and retail reclaimed water customers for non-potable uses such as irrigation and
industrial cooling towers.

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