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Quarterly Report on Water Resources July - September 2005

The City of San Antonio/Bexar County community reached a significant milestone on October 19, 2000. On this day the San Antonio City Council via Ordinance # 92753 approved a multi-year funding mechanism (Water Supply Fee) for the construction and development of

Content Note: The information in this section is excerpted from the executive summary of the SAWS Water Resources Report. To download various sections of the full 105-page report, CLICK HERE.

additional water resources to meet our projected water demands for the next 50 years as well as funding for water quality. City Council required strict accountability of the funds generated by the Water Supply Fee with respect to new water supply project investigation and development. To address accountability, a quarterly report to City Council, city staff, and the public outlining the financial status and water supply project progress was requested.

In February 2004, the City Council approved a water delivery and wastewater rate adjustment to fund debt service and ordinance requirements for $110 million capital investments and additional operating and maintenance expenses associated with infrastructure improvements and increased cost of doing business. At City Council’s request for accountability of the rate adjustment, SAWS is including additional information on the capital improvements program and other infrastructure improvements.

Third Quarter 2005 Progress

This report provides an overview of activities during the third quarter in 2005 for Water Resources, Water delivery, and the Wastewater core business. Financial and operational activities of SAWS' four core businesses, and a summation of the rate adjustment for water delivery and wastewater implemented in February 2004 are included. Detailed financial information is provided in Appendix 1 of this report.

During the third quarter 2005, the San Antonio Water System Board of Trustees approved the "Water Resource Plan 2005 Update". The update provided staff with direction to end SAWS participation in the Simsboro and Lower Guadalupe Water Supply projects. In addition, the Board directed staff to increase acquisition of additional Edwards supply, convert Edwards leases to permanent water, continue the recharge initiatives, begin development of a brackish desalination project, continue development of the Regional Carrizo project, restructure the LCRA-SAWS Water Supply Project contract, as well as, thoroughly investigate additional Trinity supplies.

The year-to-date Water Supply Fee projected revenue was $51.0 million compared to actual year-to- date revenue of $54.1 million. Cumulative water supply revenue (since implementation of the water supply fee) was projected to be $208.8 million through the third quarter 2005. Actual revenue collected was $205.7 million. The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) continues to manage existing water supplies and develop additional water resources pursuant to the multi-year financial plan. The electronic version of this report (Adobe pdf format) contains project maps and progress photos in Section 2.

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