Enhanced Prioritization Helps Guide Aurora Water's Capital Budget Decisions

Authors: Catalano, Larry; Matichich, Mike; Migacz, Rich

Source: Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2009: Session 51 through Session 60 , pp. 3457-3468(12)

Publisher: Water Environment Federation

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Abstract:

In 2007, Aurora Water, a utility serving the City of Aurora, Colorado, with a service population of 340,000, decided to implement an enhanced capital improvement plan (CIP) prioritization strategy for water, sewer, and stormwater capital projects. The objective of the project was to aid capital budget and capital improvement plan decisions by more explicitly identifying the contributions of candidate projects to the utility's weighted goals and objectives. This paper describes the method used by Aurora Water to implement the enhanced prioritization, the results of the prioritization analysis, and how the prioritization analysis was used to guide near-term and long-term capital budgeting decisions.

Keywords: capital planning; utility management; CIP prioritization; financial planning

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/193864709793953269

Publication date: 2009-01-01

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