[3] Revenue is generated primarily from charging for water, sewage and drainage services and the department's spending budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year was around 148 million dollars.
The water was pumped from the river into wooden tanks, which would then be distributed to the population via carts.
[3] The Sacramento Department of Utilities responsibilities include three major areas of service: Water, Drainage and Wastewater.
[1] The Department of Utilities is responsible for providing the citizens of Sacramento with clean water.
[1] Sacramento draws water from the Sacramento River and the American River and is treated through two plants: the Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant (which can treat 160 million gallons a day) and the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant (which can treat 100 million gallons a day).
[3] The Department of Utilities is responsible for collection and conveyance of storm water through the use of pump stations, ditches, channels and levees.
Waste water from the sewer system flows to the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant.