Water Services Budget for Capital Improvements

The capital improvements budget for 2017 is a whopping $46.7M according to the proposed budget presented to the city council on Wednesday. Population growth is the main driver for this budget.

Major elements are:

- water mains $6.274M
- water treatment $10.6M
- water storage $6.03M

- improvements and new sewer lines $13.636M
- lift stations $4.532M
- plant upgrades $10.155M

Here is an example of new water storage.

Existing Sun City Water Tank

Proposed Replacement

This increased capacity is needed to service the new Sun City homes being built at the intersection of Sun City Blvd and Hwy 195. There are an additional 900 homes in the planning stages for property adjacent to Shady Oaks and Sun City.