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Projects are paid for by revenue received from several sources:
Taxes: The District receives a very small portion of the one-percent countywide property tax. However, a large portion of these funds are reallocated by law to the state’s Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF).
Aid from Governmental Agencies: Federal and state grants.
Use of Money and Property: Interest on cash reserves, rental revenue from District-owned property, and reserves used for emergencies such as major storm damage repairs.
Benefit Assessment Revenue: These assessments, based on land use category and anticipated stormwater runoff from the property, have not increased since the early 1990s.
Other Revenue: Fees paid by developers and builders, among other small sources of revenue.
Clean Water Program: Fourteen cities within the County of Alameda and the Zone 7 Water Agency provide funding to the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program.
The District’s expenditures fall into the following categories:
Information Technology Improvements: Hardware and software purchases for District operations.
Administration: Human resources, accounting, and other office services.
Development Services: Permitting and technical assistance for new developments in unincorporated areas.
Engineering & Construction: Design and construction of new flood control structures or upgrades to
existing facilities.
Maintenance & Operations: Maintenance of the District’s vast inventory of infrastructure, and operation
of pump stations and other flood control systems.
Clean Water Program: Implementation of federal and state stormwater discharge permit requirements.”
Note that tax and assessment monies received from properties can
only be spent on projects or maintenance within the zone where those
properties are located.
*Property Tax Bills: Assessments are based on predictions of the quantity of
stormwater and runoff from each parcel of property. To make these estimates,
properties are grouped by land use: (A) commercial and industrial, (B) institutions
and apartments, (C) single family and small multiple residential, (d) vacant
land used for farming, parks, etc., and (E) vacant land that is undisturbed
or used for grazing. The assessment rate-per-acre depends on the land use and
the zone in which the property is located. Assessments have not increased since
the early 1990s.
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