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Enterprise Fund
What is Redwood City's Sewer Enterprise Fund?
When you pay your sewer utility bill, that money goes into Redwood City's
Sewer Enterprise Fund. As an “enterprise” fund, by law it is self-sustaining,
meaning that all expenditures must be directly related to the operation, maintenance,
repair, and management of the City's sewer system.
Revenues to the Sewer Enterprise Fund are kept separate from other municipal
funds and uses, and cannot be co-mingled with funds for any other activities.
What does the Sewer Enterprise Fund pay for?
The Sewer Enterprise Fund supports two major service components:
- The collection system, maintained and operated by the
City of Redwood City, which is comprised of the sewer mains, collectormains,
and trunk lines (large pipelines), the City's portion of the "lateral" lines
(the pipeline from your house to the main sewer line), and the pump stations
that carry customer wastewater to the sewage treatment plant;
- The sewage treatment plant, which is operated and maintained
by the South Bayside System Authority (SBSA), a public entity. The sewage
treatment plant is used jointly by the City with other public agencies, all
of which are party to the joint exercise of powers agreement that established
SBSA.
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