San Antonio Water System

2025 Budget

The 2025 budget presents a financial plan designed to continue SAWS’ mission to provide sustainable affordable
water services. The budget balances revenue requirements with available revenues and other funding sources.

Some of the key objectives of the plan are:

• Faster repair and increased replacement of aging water mains to reduce water loss.
• Continued implementation of infrastructure improvements to improve the resiliency of the water delivery
  and wastewater systems during extreme weather events.
• Further deployment of the ConnectH2O Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) improvements
  throughout the community, which started in 2022.
• Maintain compliance with the requirements of the Consent Decree entered with the United States
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) relating
  to the reduction of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs).

2026 Adopted Budget

The 2026 budget totals $1.10 billion and presents a financial plan designed to continue SAWS’ mission to provide sustainable affordable water services. The budget balances revenue requirements with available revenues and other funding sources to fund operating expenses, Capital Improvement Program (CIP) expenditures, and other key initiatives in accordance with San Antonio City Ordinance No. 75686. Some of the key initiatives include water loss reduction efforts, maintaining compliance with environmental mandates to include the requirements of the Consent Decree and the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule, continued repair and replacement of aging infrastructure, and the continued expansion of our  system to serve San Antonio’s growing population.