VI. BUDGET/FINANCES

The 2021 budget allocation for Oakwood Water Production was $632,933.28. In 2021, the Oakwood Water Production Unit spent $660,129.35 toward the production of the City’s water. This computes to an average cost of $1,318.00 per million gallons pumped from the city’s eight wells in 2021, up from $1,233.24 per million gallons in 2020. The cost per million gallons will fluctuate up or down depending on the total water demand and maintenance costs for the year. 2021 had an average water demand lower than 2020 but had a warmer and drier end to the summer. We continually strive to bring down the cost of water by optimizing our treatment process.

The water production unit budget consists of five main categories: personnel, utilities, chemicals, maintenance and miscellaneous. The following charts show what percentage of the budget goes to each of these categories and shows a comparison from the year before.