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MCES REGIONAL MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER CHARGE MCES protects public health and the environment Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) operates the metropolitan disposal system (regional wastewater collection and treatment system), serving 109 communities and 2.6 million people in the seven -county metro area. The system includes: • More than 600 miles of regional interceptor sewers that collect wastewater from more than 5,000 miles of locally owned sewers. • 8 regional wastewater treatment plants. • 61 lift stations to pump the wastewater as needed. • 206 metering stations to measure wastewater flow. The flow data is combined with other data to determine each community's share of MCES's annual municipal wastewater charge. What is the Municipal Wastewater Charge (MWC)? This fee is billed to each community served by the metropolitan disposal system for its portion of regional wastewater operation costs. The MWC is approximately 78% of the total annual MCES operating budget. Approximately 15% of the budget comes from a transfer from the Sewer Availability Charge (SAC) Fund; about 7% comes from industrial waste charges and other revenue. MCES Wastewater Revenue, 2017 5.1% 2.1% How does MCES determine each community's share of the annual MWC? Municipal Wastewater Charges $211 9 million Sewer Availability Charge Fund Transfer $39.4 million Industrial Charges $13.8 million Other $5 8 million After we develop our annual operating budget, we allocate to each of our 109 customer communities a portion of the total regional municipal wastewater charge based on the volume of wastewater that we collect and treat from each community. For the 2018 operating budget, we calculate each community's percentage of the region's total wastewater flow from the year 2016, and that percentage will determine the community's share of the 2018 MWC. For example, if a community contributed 5% of the total regional wastewater flow in 2016, it will pay 5% of the 2018 total regional MWC. All communities pay for a percentage of the MWC that is equal to their percentage of the total regional wastewater flow. MCES collects this municipal wastewater charge through 12 equal monthly invoices. Community Share of Total Regional Wastewater Flow What is influencing MCES's budget and annual increases? Com'nunity Share of MCES Municipal Wastewater Charge Our biggest budget driver is debt service, which accounts for 46% of the budget. We continue to pay off bonds that financed wastewater system upgrades and capacity improvements over the last 20 years. Moving forward, we will invest approximately 90% of the current capital Improvement program in asset preservation, primarily to address aging infrastructure in the wastewater collection system and the treatment plants. 04-2017 1 www.metrocouncil.org 49 METROPOLITAN C O U N C I L