5-19-25 Water Resources Advisory Board Meeting

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• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:10:06at this moment

  our water resources team will present on water supply planning and the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan update

• Water supply and drought0:10:06at this moment

  our water resources team will present on water supply planning and the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan update

• CU South0:14:00at this moment

  I can come down, and I can say, don't do, Cu South. It's not a good thing.

• Capital improvement program0:17:01at this moment

  let's move straight into the main topic. Then on the capital improvement program.

• City budget0:21:13at this moment

  So this slide is looking at the 2024 actuals and the 2025 adopted in 2025 revised budgets.

• City budget0:23:00at this moment

  So this is our wastewater fund expenses versus revenues for 2024 actuals, through 2025, adopted in 2025, revised

• Capital improvement program0:25:19at this moment

  This table does assume that all capital projects, including the carryovers that I touched on in the prior slides will be fully spent in 2025

• Water and sewer rates0:26:08at this moment

  This slide covers our prior year rate projections. So the 2025 column shows the rate increases that were adopted in 2025

• Water and sewer rates0:27:04at this moment

  And the city of Boulder's utility bills are about 25% higher than other front range communities shown here

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:29:03at this moment

  we're in the middle of a citywide improvement to that comprehensive plan here in 2025

• Water supply and drought0:33:16at this moment

  the source water system as an overview is made up of 15 reservoirs

• Dam safety and Albion Dam storage0:37:07at this moment

  Barker Reservoir is the primary reservoir for that system, and we're continuing to look at upgrades and coordination with the State engineer

• Water and wastewater capital projects0:45:05at this moment

  So treated, water system really made up. We have water treatment, and we'll do a couple of slides on each of these.

• Water and wastewater capital projects0:46:07at this moment

  So from the treatment plants, we have 2 treatment plants here in the city.

• Water and wastewater capital projects0:54:09at this moment

  what you're seeing is Boulder Creek has been diverted so we can put the pipes in and lower them under the creek

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:02:13at this moment

  and then maybe pivot to the the last utility area on the stormwater and flood program

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:06:17at this moment

  and then the flood program is designed at those majors floods that either are collecting flood waters

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:07:13at this moment

  we've identified a 20 year capital improvement program to address about 35 individual reaches

• Capital improvement program1:08:06at this moment

  we changed the way we prioritized projects with equity in mind

• Water and sewer rates1:09:03at this moment

  We're looking at starting on water budgets and a rate study.

• Water supply and drought1:13:06at this moment

  this particular water plant and the conveyance systems that deliver water to here are about 30% of the city's annual usage for water supply

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