Water Department workers clear drains and cut off water at 52nd Street & Wyalusing Avenue June 14, 2015, near where a 36-inch water main burst in the pre-dawn hours. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer

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Water Department workers clear drains and cut off water at 52nd Street & Wyalusing Avenue June 14, 2015, near where a 36-inch water main burst in the pre-dawn hours. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer

Water Department workers clear drains and cut off water at 52nd Street & Wyalusing Avenue June 14, 2015, near where a 36-inch water main burst in the pre-dawn hours. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
Monday,  September  28,  2015
By   Andrew  Bowen
The  city  of  San  Diego  this  week  will  begin  sending  out  noDces  of  a  Nov.  17  City
Council  vote  on  increasing  water  rates.
City  staff  are  proposing  five  incremental   hikes  in  water  rates ,  beginning  with  a  9.8   percent  increase  in  January  2016.  The  final  increase,  in  July  2019,  would  raise  water   rates  to  about  41  percent  above  their  current  levels.
Staff  say  there  are  several  reasons  behind  the  need  for  a  rate  increase.  First,  the  San
Diego  County  Water  Authority—where  the  city  of  San  Diego  gets  most  of  its  water   supply—has   increased  its  own  rates  recently  and  is  planning  further  hikes  in  the   future.  Water  purchases  make  up  the  lion’s  share  of  the  city’s  water  budget,  at  36.1   percent,  or  about  $2.3  million.

Price of Water 2015:
Up 6 Percent in 30 Major U.S. Cities; 41 Percent Rise
Since 2010
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Water Department workers clear drains and cut off water at 52nd Street & Wyalusing Avenue June 14, 2015, near where a 36-inch water main burst in the pre-dawn hours. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
By   Chris  Trainor
Wednesday,  February  4,  2015
The  City  of  Columbia  is  seeking  informaDon  from  private  companies  about  possibly   privaDzing  its  water  and  sewer  systems.  The  waterworks  system  has  been  troubled:  Last   year  the  city  signed  a  consent  decree  with  the  EPA,  agreeing  to  resolve  violaDons  of  the
Clean  Water  Act  and  to  make  $750  million  in  improvements  to  the  sewer  system  during  the   next  decade.
While  Mayor  Steve  Benjamin  says  the  city  is  simply  doing  its  due  diligence  in  exploring  all   opDons  for  the  water  system,  others  are  concerned.  Sustainable  Midlands’  Ryan  Nevius   says  her  organizaDon  is  watching  the  privaDzaDon  issue  “very,  very  carefully,”  while
Corporate  Accountability  InternaMonal’s  Erin  Diaz  says  “there  are  a  lot  of  reasons  [water   privaMzaMon]  is  a  very  bad  idea  for  ciMes  and  communiMes.”

CriDcs  push  a  substanDal  amount  of  material  into  the  public  conversaDon.
VOLUME :    CriDcs  have  produced   219   studies,  factsheets,  blogs  and  releases  on  water  privaDzaDon  since  2009.
•   77  case  studies  /  factsheets   on  municipality  experiences  –  “Allentown’s  Water  Gambit”
•   27  issue  briefs   –  “Borrowing  Trouble:  PrivaDzaDon  is  a  False  SoluDon  for  Municipal  Budget  Shorhalls”
•   9  company  profiles   –  “United  Water  Can’t  Be  Trusted!”
•   64  press  releases   –  “PrivaDzed  Water  Systems  More  Costly  Than  Loans”
•   42  blog  posts   –  “Why  Leasing  Allentown’s  Water  System  Would  Be  a  Financial  Worst  PracDce”
SCOPE:    Materials  cite  examples  from   21  states   and   68  municipaliMes .
DEPTH :    Materials  leverage   124  third  party  studies   from  groups  including  Deloije,  the  World  Bank,  the  U.S.
Environmental  ProtecDon  Agency,  the  Century  FoundaDon,  and  top  universiDes  from  across  the  country.
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FWW  spending  on  its  water  program  has  more  than  doubled  since  2010  .
FWW  Water  Program  Expenditures,
$5,000,000
$4,500,000
$4,000,000
$3,500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
$0
FY  2009  -­‐  2013
$2,791,450
$2,149,339
$2,630,490
$4,425,692
$4,236,958
FY  2009   FY  2010   FY  2011   FY  2012   FY  2013
In  2010,  the  FWW  water  program   represented   31%  of  all  program   service  expenditures.
Water
Other
Programs
In  2013,  the  FWW  water  program   represented   43%  of  all  program   service  expenditures.
Water
Other
Programs
Source:  IRS  990s,  FY  2009  –  2013
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FWW  does  not  disclose  the  sources  of  its  funding.
FWW  Revenue  Sources
2011-­‐2013
99%
ContribuDons  &
Grants
Investment
Income
Program  Service
Revenue
Other
§        FWW  2011-­‐2013  revenues  total  $36.7  million
§        FWW  receives  99  percent  of  its  income  from
contribuDons  and  grants.    FWW  does  not
fully  disclose  the  sources  of  these  funds.
§        The  remaining  amount,  less  than  one  percent,
comes  from  investments,  program  services,
and  “other.”
Nondisclosure  on  FWW  IRS  990,  FY  2011:
Source:  IRS  990s,  FY  2011  –  2013
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A  donor-­‐advised  fund  (DAF)  provides  a  “secret”  way  to  funnel  money  thru  a  foundaDon.
Screenshot  of  DAF  infographic  from  U.S.  Charitable  Gip  Trust
“People  like  the  lack  of   transparency  ...  You  get  the   deducBon,  you  don't  have  to   put  it  to  use  and  it's  kept
secret[.]”
-­‐-­‐  Tax  expert  Professor  Ray  D.
Madoff  on  donor-­‐advised  funds
“No  annual  disbursement  was   required;  no  annual  report   either.  The  money  can  come  in   and  go  out  whenever,   however  and  to  whomever  the   donor  likes.”
-­‐-­‐  Jack  Shakely,  California
Community  Founda&on
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We  have  idenDfied  more  than  $40  million  in  secret  DAF  grants  to  FWW  since  2011.
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Public materials available to correct the record:
•   Myths and Facts about Private Water
•   FAQs about Private Water
•   The Water Activist Network
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•   How Critics Get it Wrong on Private Water
•   The Infrastructure Crisis and Private Water Solutions
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Water Department workers clear drains and cut off water at 52nd Street & Wyalusing Avenue June 14, 2015, near where a 36-inch water main burst in the pre-dawn hours. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer