Water Treatment

Program Budget Overview

Description

• Water Treatment operates and maintains the two water treatment plants responsible for providing the Boulder community with potable (treated) water for public health and fire response. This team is responsible for ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations including the Safe Drinking Water Act. Performance metrics tracked and evaluated include the number of gallons of water treated each year.

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

• Objectives
  • Ensures the efficient use of natural resources in a manner that does not deplete them over time.

Program Outcomes

• Full compliance with all drinking water permits, regulations, and reporting.
• Maintain high level of service for water delivery to customers.
• Reliable treated water levels to support fire response events.
• Ongoing support and advancement of climate goals through generation of renewable energy with hydroelectric systems.

Measurements

• Filtered water quality exceeds internal targets 95% of the time.
• % deviance from internal targets.
• # of violations