Metropolitan Water Reclamation District FY2017 Tentative Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

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November 23, 2016

The Civic Federation supports the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s FY2017 Tentative budget of $1.13 billion because the District continues to demonstrate a sensible and proactive approach to meeting its financial challenges.

As mentioned in the full report, the FY2017 Tentative budget is 9.0% less than the FY2016 adjusted budget of $1.24 billion, which is due to the variance that often occurs between budget years, reflecting the District’s multi-year capital projects. The FY2017 budget also continues to maintain substantial reserves, a high level of liquidity and other safeguards to cover potential shortfalls without having to resort to short-term borrowing.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Fiscal Year begins January 1, 2017 and ends December 31, 2017.

Please click here to read the press release for this report.