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TOWN OF BRUNO
2025 ANNUAL WATERWORKS INFORMATION POLICY
POLICY 05/2025 _ Resolution: —_214/2025
DATE: July 15, 2025
THE WATERWORKS RATE POLICY FOR 2025
The Town of Bruno at its August 2024 meeting passed a Bylaw to update the rates to be charged for the use and consumption of
water and sewer for 2025.
The waterworks rate policy for 2025 will be:
the minimum rate charge of $160.00 per quarter for a maximum of 5,000 gallons of water
the per 1000-gallon water rate of $32.00 for usage above the 5,000-gallon minimum;
A flat rate fee for sewer service at $160.00 per quarter,
a total minimum of $320.00 per quarter.
These rates will ensure that water & sewer works revenues cover water and sewer works operating costs.
For waterworks, operating costs and expenditures include staff salaries, benefits, training, water from Sask Water, utilities, insurance,
chemicals, equipment, and building maintenance. The major cost is of purchasing treated river water from Sask Water.
This waterworks rate policy should allow the Town to reserve some funding annually to help offset future waterworks infrastructure
needs.
The objective of the waterworks rate policy is to work towards waterworks that are self-financing, where the users pay for the
cost of the service. To accomplish this, waterworks rates need to increase over time in relation to expenses, so that the revenues cover
operating costs. Council will review its waterworks policy annually to determine if revenues are covering costs.
WATERWORKS CAPITAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY
i) The objective of the waterworks capital investment strategy is to address anticipated waterworks infrastructure maintenance,
the immediate drinking water infrastructure problems and future infrastructure replacements in a timely fashion so as to ensure the
municipal waterworks provides safe drinking water collection for residents and businesses. The strategy uses the 2011 and 2015
Waterworks System Assessment as required by Saskatchewan Environment for infrastructure planning. In 2018 The Town of Bruno
completed a Sanitary & Storm Network Asset Management Plan as well as a Water Network Management Plan. These Asset
Management plans will be utilized by the Town of Bruno in future Capital Asset planning and Acquisitions. The Town of Bruno
intends to continue building our reserve fund through budgeted revenue surpluses annually.
ii) The current waterworks capital plans and planned sources of funding are as follows.
Project Planned year of | Estimated | Future Cost* Sources of Funding
completion project cost
Hydrant replacements | 2018 - 2027 $25,000 $100,000 Budgeted Utility Annual Funding
Purchase of a Back-up | 2024 — 2025 $40,000 Budgeted Capital Addition
Generator
ANNUAL FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Total 2024 waterworks revenues $345,321.03
Total 2024 waterworks expenditures $313,108.03
Total debt payments on waterworks infrastructure loans $0
Comparison of waterworks and sewer revenues to expenditures plus debt payments, expressed as a ratio
$345,321.03 = 1.10 times
$313108.03
For 2024, waterworks and sewer revenues covered 110% percent of the expenditures.
RESERVES
Reserves available for waterworks capital infrastructure at December 31, 2024 $614,049.87
OTHER AVAILABLE WATERWORKS INFORMATION
Engineering Assessments
Drinking Water Quality and Compliance Report
Water Network Asset Management Plan
Waterworks Quality Assurance Quality Control Policy