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![]() | ![]() | Section 6: Operation and maintenance |
DETAILED COST BREAKDOWN
A detailed cost breakdown is calculated for the total yearly production of water.
Production Costs
Water pumping labor
Water pumping electricity (or other fuel)
Other production expense
Depreciation
Insurance
Interest
Allocated administrative expense
Total production costs
Distribution costs
Operating expense
Maintenance
Depreciation
Insurance
Interest
Stores expense
Total distribution costs
Other operating costs
Customer accounting and collecting
Administrative and general
Total other operating costs
Total all costs
Total water revenue
Net income to surplus
Administrative and general expense
Sales promotion expense
Sales: general, officers and executives
Other general office salaries
General office supplies and expense
Special services
Legal services
Insurance
Miscellaneous general expense
Maintenance of general property
Rent
Rent on office equipment
Stores expense
Total
STATEMENT OF OPERATING EXPENSES
The following operating expenses are tabulated for both monthly periods and the year to date.
Production expense
Operation supervision
City water pumping labor
Miscellaneous station labor
City water pumping, electricity, and fuel
Station expenses
Maintenance of structures and improvements
Maintenance of city wells
Employees' welfare and expense plant
Treatment labor
Treatment supplies and expense
Maintenance of structures and improvements
Maintenance of treatment equipment
Total
Distribution expense
Operation supervision and engineering
Operation of lines
Services on customer premises
Street repairs, labor and material
Maintenance of mains
Maintenance of valves and equipment
Maintenance of services
Maintenance of meters
Employees' welfare and expense - district
Total
Customers' accounts and collecting
Customers' contracts, meter reading
Customers' billing and accounting
Total
PROFIT OR LOSS STATEMENT
The profit or loss statement features, in addition to the following items figures on the number of customers served by the utility, and the amount of water pumped, sold, and lost. The number of customers for that month is compared to the number for the same month in the previous year. The amount of water pumped, sold and lost is tabulated for that month, for the year to date, and for the 12 previous months to date. The net profit or loss is drawn up for that month and the year to date.
Operating revenue
Water sales
Water for city
Interdepartmental sales - plant use
Total
Water taps
Service charges
Miscellaneous revenue
Total operating revenue less charges for water for city
Net operating revenue
Operating expense
Production expense
Distribution expense
Customer collection and accounting
Administrative and general
Total
Depreciation
Total operating expense
Net operating profit
Other expense
Bond interest expense
Interest on contracts
Services to city
Labor and material - fire hydrants
Other services to city
Total