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• • The following is a statistical comparison of pertinent data_ indicating the department's growth since' 1949:. Average Increase 1949 1978 Increase Per Year Number of Services 5;294 20,470 287% 9.88% , Water Sales 1 ,000 Gallons 1 ,302,434 4,229,355 225% 7.75% Utility Plant a) In Service 1 ,105,560 45,472,294 4;013% 138.38% b) In Progress : 48,237 736,163 1 ,426% 49.18% Number of Employees 48 79 65% 2.32% Services Per Employee 110 260 136% 4.70% Power and Pumping 14,659 987,769 6,638% 228. 91% . Operating Revenues . 283,662 3,409.235 1 ,102% 37.99%. As shown above, the number of employees increased by 65 percent_or only 2.32 per year. This is in spite of an increase in the utility plant in service of 4,013 percent over the same 29-year period. The Chambers of Commerce have stated that the department ". . .should be just another department under the executive branch. . .to make the operation of this department consistent with the operation of other county departments. " Unlike any other department in the County, the Water Department is operated and managed as a separate .entity. Furthermore, the Water Department does not receive operating :fund appropriations from the County or from any other source. The department operates' solely on revenues generated through water sales and investments. Major capital improvement funds are received from the federal government and the state government through legislative appro- priations. These appropriations from both the federal and the state governments cannot be used •for the operations of the department but must be used to fund designated capital improvement projects within the department's various water systems. -4-