FY2023 Adopted Operating and Capital Budget

FY2023 Adopted Budget Organizational Budgets

Water and Sewer Utilities Division

Department of Water and Wastewater Maintenance The Department of Water and Wastewater Maintenance performs preventative and recurring maintenance on the County's water and sewer lines, treatment works, buildings and other related infrastructure. These activities include l HDN GHWHFWLRQ OLQH ORFDWLRQV ³0LVV 8WLOLW\´ and related repair of more than 377 miles of water mains and over 3,492 fire hydrants; the periodic cleaning, preventative maintenance and repair of more than 443 miles of sanitary sewer mains; recurring maintenance of electrical and mechanical equipment, maintenance of water and wastewater treatment facilities, and the installation, repair and quarterly reads of residential and commercial water meters.

Accounting and Finance Support The Department of Accounting and Finance Support provides services to the various departments of the Division of Water and Sewer Utilities. The primary responsibilities of this office include customer service, billing, collection of fees, capacity fee calculations, and contract administration.

Strategic Goals

Provide a Safe Environment

County Strategic Goal Alignment: Community Needs; Good Governance Optimize operation of wastewater treatment facilities to discharge high quality effluent to protect regional water sources and minimize sanitary sewer overflows to the environment; Minimize the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus in treated wastewater effluent to help improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay (figures shown below are based on calendar year)

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023

Number of Sanitary Sewer Overflows** Number of NPDES Discharge Permit Violations ** Pounds of Nitrogen Discharged - Ballenger-McKinney WWTP Pounds of Phosphorus Discharged - Ballenger-McKinney WWTP

Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual

< 71,710 < 67,794 < 74,415

70,000

32,412

31,239

50,565 < 7,441

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< 7,171 < 6,779

7,000

2,110

624

1,564

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0 3 0

0 6 0 5

0 9 0 4

0

--

0

16

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**The Division has established a goal of zero sanitary sewer overflows and permit violations each year. However, factors beyond their control, such as weather, mechanical failure, or vandalism do not always make this an achievable goal.

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