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Page 6 of 20 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />FY Water Capital <br />(CIP) Budget <br />Water Operating <br />Budget <br />2024-25 $5.2M $40.5M <br />2023-24 $4.2M $37.0M <br />2022-23 $3.0M $33.6M <br />2021-22 $5.0M $32.9M <br />2020-21 $1.9M $32.7M <br />2019-20 $5.7M $30.3M <br />2018-19 $3.6M $30.5M <br />2017-18 $3.2M $29.9M <br />2016-17 $3.8M $26.8M <br />2015-16 $4.0M $26.1M <br />Table 1: Summary of Potable Water System CIP Project Budget to Water Operating Budget by Year <br />(Rounded) <br />Water system funding faces increasing financial pressure from escalating construction costs and the rising <br />cost of water from SFPUC. Capital and operating expenses are typically funded through rates from users <br />and managed in an enterprise fund. Capital projects that increase the capacity of the water system may <br />also be funded with water capacity fees paid by new development. Certain projects used debt funding <br />and grants to implement critical work, which is further detailed in later sections of this staff report. <br />2. Water System – Recycled Water <br />The City’s recycled water system is part of the Water Enterprise paid for by revenues from water rates <br />and fees charged to the users of the system. Recycled water is sourced from treated wastewater, <br />processed at the Silicon Valley Clean Water treatment plant in Redwood Shores on Radio Road. Using <br />recycled water has reduced the City’s demand for potable water. The City’s system distributes <br />approximately 200 million gallons of recycled water annually, serving roughly 200 customers and meeting <br />around eight percent of the City’s overall water demand. The City’s recycled water distribution system <br />includes: <br />Two two-million-gallon storage tanks <br />One distribution pump station <br />Approximately 19 miles of distribution pipelines <br />Regulatory oversight of recycled water is provided by the SWRCB Division of Drinking Water and the San <br />Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board. <br />a. Recycled Water System Master Planning <br />In 2002, the City completed a feasibility study to explore the use of recycled water, which laid the <br />foundation for the current recycled water master planning effort. The study highlighted potential <br />opportunities for recycled water use in irrigation, industrial applications, and dual-plumbed systems in <br />areas such as Redwood Shores, the Greater Bayfront area around Seaport Boulevard, and Central <br />9.A. - Page 6 of 20 <br />491