Cheney's 2016 budget: Enterprise funds - Public Works

When it comes to Cheney’s Public Works Department budget, over half of it is in some liquid form.

Water and wastewater account for 54 percent of the department’s $7.18 million budget in 2016, with the larger portion — 36 percent — going to the latter. Tied with water at 18 percent is solid waste, thanks in part to the city’s decision to take on hauling its own municipal waste to Spokane’s Waste to Energy Plant in 2014.

When it comes to wastewater revenues, 98 percent of the $2,637,900 projected to be taken in during 2016 will come from service fees. On the other side of the ledger, 39 percent...