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601 - SEWER AND WATER FUND <br />This fund accounts for Sewer and Water service to the City. <br />Budgeting for these departments presents some unique prob- <br />lems because of the shared expenses of the departments. For <br />this reason, Sewer and Water service is combined into one en- <br />terprise fund. <br />Presently there are 95 customers using the municipal water <br />system, and 312 residential and three commercial customers <br />using the sewer system. In 1985 the City Council approved <br />the platting of Rice Lake Estates and Reshanau Estates. As <br />these projects are developed the number of water and sewer <br />customers will increase substantially. <br />Since its inception the Sewer and Water Fund has been opera- <br />ting with a deficit. This is due to the relatively small <br />number of users on the system. Efforts have been made to <br />keep expenses down in order to reduce this deficit. The fund <br />showed some improvement in 1985, reducing the deficit by over <br />$5,000.00. As more customers are added in the next few years, <br />it is possible this deficit could be turned into a surplus. <br />