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City Budget Review

Water Resource Management budget, fiscal year 2025

Water Resource Management spent $48.9M in fiscal year 2025 — 10% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 4th-largest share.

Spending

$48.9M

10% of city spending · up 44% from 2024

Revenue

$2.4M

Salaries

$7.8M

Divisions

4

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

CategoryTotal
Cptl-Infrastructure Imp$17.2M35% · 17 lines
Full-Time Salaries$5.1M11% · 454 lines
Utilsvc-Cap Storage & Delivery$4.2M8.6% · 22 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$4.0M8.2% · 118 lines
Cptl-Infrastructure Purchases$3.6M7.3% · 18 lines
Cptl-Machinery and Equipment$2.7M5.6% · 34 lines
Utilsvc-Sanitation_Landfill$1.1M2.2% · 124 lines
Chemical Supplies$1.0M2.1% · 101 lines
77 other categories$10.0M20%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Interest Income Rev$889K37% · 6 lines
Dev Agreement Connection Fees$571K24% · 2 lines
OFS-Sale of Assets$286K12% · 1 line
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds Reimb$230K9.6% · 2 lines
Water Meter Installationfeerev$127K5.3% · 1 line
Revenue Recovery-Utility Bill$92K3.9% · 1 line
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev$66K2.8% · 6 lines
Groundwater Savings Facility$52K2.2% · 1 line
9 other categories$76K3.2%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Infrastructure ImpJan 22, 2025The largest of 8 such lines among the top 15Sewer Loan 2023$4,402,421.01
Water Storage Inventory AdjJun 30, 2025Water Utility Capital$1,303,582.32
Cptl-Machinery and EquipmentJun 30, 2025Sewer Utility Capital$1,052,225.07
Cptl-Infrastructure PurchasesAug 26, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Water Utility Capital$1,048,100.00
Cptl-Infrastructure PurchasesAug 26, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Wtr Res Spa 2 Dev Fee 2014$552,100.00
Utilsvc-Cap Storage & DeliveryOct 22, 2024Water Operations$497,930.62

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Dev Agreement Connection FeesSewer Spa 2 Dev Fee$348,134.00
Interest Income RevWtr Sys Spa 2 Dev Fee$323,161.64
OFS-Sale of AssetsWater Utility Capital$286,211.13
Interest Income RevWtr Sys Spa 1 Dev Fee$245,944.09
Dev Agreement Connection FeesWtr Sys Spa 2 Dev Fee$222,484.00
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds ReimbWater Operations$222,006.15
Interest Income RevSewer Spa 2 Dev Fee$205,264.28
Water Meter InstallationfeerevWater Operations$127,069.96
Revenue Recovery-Utility BillSewer Operations$92,237.40
Interest Income RevSewer Spa 1 Dev Fee$53,085.16
Groundwater Savings FacilityWater Operations$51,750.00
Federal Grant RevenueGrants$45,986.47
Interest Income RevWtr Res Spa 2 Dev Fee 2014$35,079.25
Interest Income RevStormwater Operations$26,849.23
Unrealized Gain Loss RevWtr Sys Spa 2 Dev Fee$23,999.85

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Salaries by division

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

DivisionPublished total
Water Resource Operations$6,624,849.92
Environmental$1,186,141.32

Published salary total by fiscal year: $3.5M in 2018, $7.8M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2018$3.5M
  2. 2019$3.9M
  3. 2020$4.5M
  4. 2021$5.3M
  5. 2022$4.7M
  6. 2023$5.4M
  7. 2024$5.6M
  8. 2025$7.8M

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.