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WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM <br />- -- Provides for the administration, operation and maintenance of the <br />sanitary sewer system, laboratory and lift stations for the sanitary <br />treatment of household, commercial and industrial waste deposited <br />into the sanitary sewer system. <br />1996 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1995 BUDGET <br />The 1996 Waste Water Treatment System (WWTS) budget calls for <br />expenditures in the amount of $799,500. This represents a $93,700 <br />increase from the adopted 1995 budget. <br />Almost all of the budget increase can be located in the depreciation line item, <br />the capital outlay category, and the sewer debt service line item. These <br />categories and line items represent $433,600 in 1996 and represented only <br />$349,000 in 1995. This is an $84,600 difference. The rest of the increase in <br />this budget can be identified in the personal services category. One main <br />reason for this budget increase is that in 1994 a $1 million trickling filter <br />plant expansion took place and the bonds for this project start to be paid in <br />1996. Also, a major capital outlay is planned in 1996 which was not in the <br />1995 budget. This capital outlay is for the purchase of additional sludge <br />disposal land. In 1997, another major capital outlay expense is planned for a <br />sludge truck. The depreciation amount is approximately the same as in 1995 <br />but has been separated out and is necessary for emergencies and for plant <br />replacement expenses in the future. <br />The city is scheduled to award bids for the $4.8 million plant expansion in <br />1996. Bonds for this project will begin to be paid in 1997. <br />Expenditures for various operations of the WWTS are shown below. <br />Customer charges for 1996 are estimated at $525,000. Accordingly, it is <br />anticipated that some of the expenses for the depreciation and debt service <br />line items will be financed through the sewer connection charges which are <br />generated from new hook ups to the sewer system. <br />1996 Projected <br />1995 Budget <br />Plant Administration <br />$177,230 <br />$ 50,350 <br />Plant Operations <br />177,915 <br />181,550 <br />Laboratory <br />47,065 <br />49,250 <br />Sewer System Collection <br />26,820 <br />40,800 <br />Lift Stations <br />71,170 <br />53,850 <br />Reserve/Depreciation & <br />500,200 <br />299,300 <br />375,800 <br />330,000 <br />Debt Service <br />$799,500 <br />$705,800 <br />