Financial Information

WSSC Water wants you to know all the facts and figures about our Operating Budget and our Capital Improvements Program.

WSSC Water's budget process

Maryland law requires that each year, WSSC Water prepare capital and operating budgets to show funding and staff requirements, organizational components, and its source of funds.

The budget process begins with WSSC Water's many divisions and departments submitting their requests, in line with the General Manager's guidance. Management reviews the requests, then the General Manager presents recommendations to the Commissioners. Following their review, the Commissioners approve a preliminary proposed budget for public hearing and make a budget document available to the public before January 15. Public hearings on the preliminary proposed budget are then held in Montgomery County and Prince George's County before February 15. Comments and testimony from those hearings are considered before the proposed budget is sent to the counties, which by law must be by March 1 of each year.

The County Councils and County Executives then review the budget and make recommendations; any amendments must be approved by June 1. When the counties' actions have been received, WSSC Water adopts an Approved Budget and sets the levels for charges, fees, and taxes. The Approved Budget takes effect on July 1.

Once a budget is adopted, WSSC Water's total expenditures may not exceed the approved budget without an approved budget supplement, which must be approved by the Montgomery and Prince George's County Councils.

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Proposed fiscal year budget overview

On Wednesday, May 8, 2025, the Montgomery and Prince George’s County Councils unanimously approved WSSC Water’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 $1.8 billion operating and capital budget at their annual bi-county meeting. The budget is supported by a 9.5 percent revenue enhancement.  The $1.8 billion budget is $18.8 million (1.0 percent) more than the FY 2025 budget. Major cost drivers include chemicals (6 percent), heat, light & power (7 percent), cost share for DC Water’s Blue Plains advanced wastewater treatment facility (9 percent), and health insurance (18 percent).  The $1.8 billion budget funds a $696.8 million capital program, which supports local businesses and creates jobs. For every $1 million invested in water infrastructure, 15 - 18 jobs are created. This job creation is on par with investment in the military, clean energy, transportation and health care.

The link below is to the FY 2026 Proposed Budget based on a proposed 9.8 percent revenue enhancement. Staff will prepare an FY 2026 Approved Budget document to reflect the 9.5 percent when the budget is approved and goes into effect in July 2025

For details, see the FY 2026 Proposed Budget

Recent Public Hearing Recordings

Montgomery County (1/29/25)

Prince George's County (2/4/25)

The proposed budget must be submitted to the Prince George’s and Montgomery County Councils by March 1, 2025.

Current fiscal year budget overview

The Approved Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget for all operating and capital funds totals $1.8 billion or $186 million (8.9%) higher than the Approved FY 2024 Budget. The Approved Operating Budget of $1.0 billion represents an increase of $88.6 million (9.5%) over the FY 2024 Approved Operating Budget of $931.2 million.

For details, see the FY 2025 Approved Budget

Capital Improvements Program overview

The Proposed FYs 2026-2031 Capital Improvements Program includes an estimated combined total program of $6.5 billion, approximately $84.9 million less than the Adopted FYs 2025-2030 CIP. Estimated combined expenditures in the six-year program period are approximately $4.8 billion, $10.2 million less than the previous CIP. Expenditures for FY 2026 Capital Budget are estimated at $707.1 million for the combined program, $108.8 million less than the previous CIP.

View Proposed FY 2026-2031 CIP

The Adopted FYs 2025-2030 Capital Improvements Program includes an estimated combined total program of $6.6 billion, approximately $680.8 million greater than the Adopted FYs 2024-2029 CIP. Estimated combined expenditures in the six-year program period are approximately $4.9 billion, $361.6 million greater than the previous CIP. Expenditures for FY 2025 Capital Budget are estimated at $815.9 million for the combined program, $111.3 million greater than the previous CIP.

View Approved FY 2025-2030 CIP

Capital Improvements Program formulation process

Maryland law requires that WSSC Water prepare a six-year Capital Improvements Program for major water and sanitary sewerage facilities and submit it to Montgomery County and Prince George's County before October 1 each year. After the County Councils' final action on the CIP, WSSC Water makes any necessary changes and adopts the CIP before the first fiscal year of the six-year program.

Public Searchable Database

Pursuant to §17-401 of the Maryland Annotated Code, Public Utilities Article, this searchable database contains payments made by WSSC Water to a payee in the aggregate amount of $25,000 or greater in a single fiscal year (July 1-June 30) beginning with Fiscal Year 2019.

Underserved and Unserved Areas

Over the past 15 years WSSC Water has worked with staff from both Prince George’s and Montgomery County Governments to improve the affordability of water and sewer extensions for customers inside the service envelope in the County’s Ten Year Water & Sewer Plans. Below are links to the 2006 and 2014 reports on this issue, final recommendations in 2021 and presentation to Commissioners. 

• View the Unserved and Underserved Presentation to Commissioners - December 15, 2021
• View the Final Recommendations for Unserved and Underserved Areas - December 15, 2021
• View the 2006 Water & Sewer Extension Cost Work Team Report
• View the 2014 Water and Sewer Extension Needs for Existing Neighborhoods Report