Utilities Engineering

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Utilities

FY2024 Budget

Program Budget Overview

Description

  • Utilities Engineering protects public health and the economic vitality of our city through quality utility system management. This team provides planning, public engagement, project management, engineering, construction, and asset management for water, wastewater, and stormwater/flood management infrastructure.

Summary of 2024 Budget Enhancements/Realignments:

  • Source Water Transmission Pipe Inspection. Realigns $30,000 from a current capital project account to an operating account. Source water pipelines are a critical set of infrastructure assets that enable water sources to reach the water treatment facilities, and then ultimately support treated water service for the Boulder community. The important and necessary function of source water pipeline inspection is more efficiently managed and implemented from an operating account, and the inspection needs are ongoing. Administering the pipeline inspection of source water pipes is an operational program and supports several key outcomes, including reliable source water availability and reduction in level of service impacts for water customers.

Sustainability, Equity and Resilience (SER) Goals & Objectives: Safe

  • Objectives
    • Builds and maintains resilient infrastructure, landscapes and neighborhoods to mitigate existing and future hazards and risks.

Program Outcomes

  • Reinvestment in critical infrastructure to ensure reliability.
  • Increased ability to conduct pipeline inspections in a timely manner.
  • Reduced unplanned outages of source water for the community.
  • Improved overall reliability of access to the entire source water portfolio.
  • Review condition of Lakewood Pipeline for compliance with settlement agreement.
  • Increased protection of life and property through implementation of flood mitigation projects.

Measurements

  • Inspections completed for compliance with Lakewood Pipeline settlement agreement.
  • % of Projects that start in the planned CIP year (Potential KPI).
  • % of Projects that are within CIP budget (Internal).