TEN-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - LA Differentiated

CONCLUSION
The Capital Improvement Program
exists to initiate, organize, monitor, and
control capital projects that improve
the Water System infrastructure,
increase its water resources, enhance
the quality of water it distributes, and
improve the security of the water
supply. The Capital Improvement
Program accomplishes this by
replacing and/or adding to the Water
System infrastructure, complying
with and/or exceeding all state and
federal water regulations, looking for
new sources of water supply as well as
conserving those already in existence,
and adopting new and improved
security measures to ensure the safety
of the city’s water.
LADWP operations are financed from
the sale of water and electric services.
Water System Capital projects are
financed through the sale of bonds
and/or government loans and grants,
e.g. the Safe Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund (SDWSRF) and the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA). No tax support is received
for the Water System’s Capital
Improvement Program.
By the year 2020,L.A.’s population is
projected to reach 4.8 million with a
projected increase in water usage of 20
percent. It is imperative that LADWP
continue its multi-faceted approach
of conservation, water recycling,
emphasis on infrastructure, as well as
developing new sources of supply to
meet the future water demands of the
citizens of Los Angeles. Through the
Water System’s Capital Improvement
Program, LADWP will spend in excess
of $6 billion over the next ten years to
continue to provide our customers with
reliable, high quality and competitively
priced water services in a safe, public,
and environmentally responsible
manner well into the next millennium.
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