Emergency Water Storage and Supply
Project CPW003 · Public Works
- Enterprise Funds$37,497,000
- Water Capital Improvements Fund$37,497,000
Water rate revenue that pays for water utility capital projects. Cannot fund non-water work.
→ What is this fund?
Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Fund 600 appropriation.
Water Enterprise Fund. Three-year water rate study planned for FY 2026-29 period. Five-year cumulative enterprise operating surplus approximately $24M. Conventional path: rate-funded pay-go combined with water revenue bonds for the FY 2029 major-build year ($26.1M).
→ What is the Water Enterprise Fund?- Category
- Capital Improvement Plan
- Department
- Public Works
- Spent FY 2023–25
- $1,059,538
- Estimated lifetime cost
- $37,500,000
›Budget labels for this project
Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code CPW003; resident-facing name shown here is “Emergency Water Storage and Supply”. Budget worksheet labeled “Emergency Water Storage”.
- Estimated lifetime cost
- $37,500,000
- Secured (awarded, received, allocated)
- Amount not disclosed
- Committed, not yet executed
- $0
- Pending application
- $0
- Anticipated (not yet applied for)
- Amount not disclosed
- Funding gap (not yet covered)
- $37,500,000
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The lifetime cost estimate is $37,500,000, from 5-year CIP plan total (sum of FY27-FY31 expense) — full lifetime cost NOT confirmed (May 30, 2026). Source: https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works/Capital-improvement-projects/Emergency-water-storagesupply. The funding gap is the estimated lifetime cost minus all funding that has not been lost, added up from the funding sources listed below. Year-by-year figures come from the City's adopted five-year capital plan.
Funding sources
Each source carries its own status and citation. Expand a row to see the conditions, dates, and source document. “Ongoing” sources are recurring formula funds; sources still being pursued show no dollar amount.
›Water Enterprise Fund (rate revenue)Allocated—City of Menlo Park (Fund 600) (city) · construction
Conditions: Water capital revenue from Menlo Park Municipal Water rates. New 3-year water rate study planned for FY 2026-29 period.
Primary funding source. Specific revenue stream not detailed on public project page; refer to Water System Master Plan and annual water capital budget.
›State Water Resources Control Board approvalAnticipated—State of California (state) · operations
Conditions: Standby well operating approval — not direct funding but enables operation. Limited number of days per year.
Regulatory approval rather than grant funding.
Spending by year
Past years are recorded actuals from the City's general ledger. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the five-year Capital Improvement Plan proposes to spend.
›Where the money went, line by line
| Year | Fund | Category | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 23 | Enterprise Funds | Services | $115,759 |
| FY 23 | Enterprise Funds | Salaries and Wages | $17,983 |
| FY 23 | Enterprise Funds | Fringe Benefits | $7,720 |
| FY 23 | Enterprise Funds | Project Control | -$141,462 |
| FY 24 | Enterprise Funds | Services | $917,737 |
| FY 24 | Enterprise Funds | Salaries and Wages | $14,794 |
| FY 24 | Enterprise Funds | Fringe Benefits | $7,526 |
| FY 24 | Enterprise Funds | Operating Expenses | $2,714 |
| FY 25 | Enterprise Funds | Services | $112,878 |
| FY 25 | Enterprise Funds | Salaries and Wages | $2,979 |
| FY 25 | Enterprise Funds | Fringe Benefits | $911 |
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Past years are summed from gl_transactions for this project. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget for the project. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the City's adopted five-year CIP proposes to spend, taken from cip_projects.
Council actions
No Council actions are linked to CPW003 yet. As decisions tied to this project are added to the database, they will appear here.
Pending Council actions
One item for this project has been flagged but is not in the current budget. These are commitments the City knows it will need to address — tracked here so they're visible alongside what's being voted on now.
Water rate study output — rate increases to fund Emergency Water Storage and recurring water capital
- Amount:
- Amount not yet quantified
- Expected action:
- Rate study completion expected during FY 2028-29
- Status:
- pending
›Consequence of inaction
Without rate action, the FY 2029 major build cannot proceed on schedule. Deferring it risks emergency water resilience and pushes cost higher through escalation.
Source: Staff Report #26-048-CC and Public Budget Workshop FY 2026-27 transcript references; project_funding_sources for CPW003