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Phase III
Management Audit
of the
Public Utilities Commission -
Water Enterprise Fund

Prepared for the
Board of Supervisors
of the City & County of San Francisco
by the
San Francisco Budget Analyst
March 23, 2005

Executive Summary
Introduction
	1. Suburban Wholesale Water Rates, Long Range Financial Planning, and Revenue Funded Repair and Replacement Projects
	2. Calculation of the Suburban Wholesale Water Rates
	3. Coordinating the Timing and the Financing of the Water System Capital Improvement Program
	4. Undercharging for Components of Water and Sewer Service
	5. Accounting for the Costs of Water Quality Bureau Laboratory Services
	6. The Laboratories' Management Structure
	7. Managing Regulatory Compliance
	8. The Public Utilities Commission's Risks for Managing Treasure Island Utilities
	9. Streamline Former Bureau of Environmental Regulation and Management Functions
	10. Establish an Assistant General Manager, Water and Power Position
	11. Land Management
	12. Real Estate Services
	13. Water Enterprise Planning and Reporting Deficiencies
	14. Programmatic Environmental Impact Report
	15. The Need for a Departmental Strategic Plan
	Appendix: Status of the Budget Analyst's 1994 Water Department Management Audit Recommendations
Public Utilities Commission Response
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