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Budget & Audits

The District's audit and budget files can be found on the right sidebar of this page.

 

 

Fiscal Responsibility

About 85% of the District's revenue is used solely for the capital improvements to the dams. The remaining 15% is used for operation and maintenance. All work performed for the District - legal, administrative, engineering, maintenance, construction - is performed by contract personnel and firms.

 

 

Cost-saving Approaches

  • Quickly revising design and bid documents in response to the state's new dam safety design guidelines in November 2006, saving $1.2 million in construction costs for Dams #15 and 20.

 

  • Designing two different dam wall alternatives that allowed construction companies specializing in concrete work to compete with companies specializing in dirt work. The concrete alternative resulted in 50% savings.

 

  • Advertising two projects at once, saving on construction overhead costs.

 

  • Using a tunnel boring machine at Dam #13A to install a 30-inch spillway discharge pipe took only 14 days, instead of the traditional excavation method which takes 90-120 days.