2013 Annual Budget - City of Bremerton

Water Utility—Utility Operations
2010 2013 2010 Budget Highlights:
Utility Operations maintains 269 miles of water
distribution mains, 30 miles of water transmission
mains, and 18,000 customer accounts. The expense
budget for this function provides for:
Water system flushing
Reservoir cleaning
Hydrant maintenance
Valve maintenance
Locating and marking in-ground water
lines and infrastructure in support of Washington’s
one-call utility locate program
Cross Connection Control Program
Customer billing and customer service
Customer response and dispatch for customers
who need to meet with a knowledgeable
specialist at their home or business
2010 2013 Capital Considerations:
Perform Water Distribution Capital Improvement
projects approved in the 2013 budget:
$100,000 distribution main improvements
o Approx. 900 feet of distribution
mains
$100,000 meter replacement
o Approx. 1,200 meters out of system
total of 18,000
$100,000 large meter replacement
o Approx. 40 meters
$250,000 substandard water main replacement
o Approx. 600 feet of water mains
2009 2012 2009 Accomplishments:
No lost time accidents in the Water Operations
group
Exercised all water system valves to ensure
reliability
Upgraded several large, unreliable water
meters for the Navy facilities:
o Five – 10” water meters
o One – 8” water meter
Replaced 1,000 Meter Transceiver Units
(MXU) batteries on water meters during
meter maintenance operations
Flushed 50% of the water system
2013 Goals:
Zero lost-time accidents
Fully implement recurring maintenance
program in accordance with the system
maintenance plan and standards of the industry
Continue the large meter change-out program
Expand use of the Department’s Cartegraph
work management software system to the
water distribution system
Continue mapping and entering water distribution
system component GPS date into
the Department’s Geographic Information
System. Goal by the end of 2013: 85% of
all key components entered.
Update outdated sections of the Bremerton
Municipal code related to the City’s administration
of its Water Utility
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