Conditions
Financial Reporting
Financial Reporting
The EAA conducts its financial business using the enterprise fund system. Enterprise funds are used to account for operations that are financed and operated in a manner similar to private businesses, primarily through user charges. The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Budget are reported using the economic resources measurement focus and the full accrual basis of accounting. Under this method, revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows.
Budgets and Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
The EAA is required to adopt an annual budget before the start of a new fiscal year, which begins on January 1st and ends on the following December 31st. The budget development schedule is generally a seven-month process from May through November and includes the following steps: goal setting; formulation of team budgets; review of proposed budget by the general manager; board review of proposed budget; public notice and public hearings; final board review and adoption; and monthly budget review and amendments (as necessary). For the past eleven consecutive years, the EAA has been presented the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its annual budget. To receive this award, the published budget document must meet program criteria as a policy document, as an operations document and as a communications device.
2025 Adopted Operating Budget
The 2025 Adopted Operating Budget supports two major programmatic areas: A General Fund of $24.8 million in projected expenses, supported primarily by revenue generated through the assessment of a general aquifer management fee (AMF) of $50 per acre-foot; and an Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP) Fund of $21.1 million in projected expenses, supported primarily by revenue generated through the assessment of a $40 per acre-foot program AMF. Combined, these two funds make for a $45.9 million comprehensive budget funded by an overall AMF of $90 per acre-foot, which represents a 2.27% (or $2) increase over the previous year overall AMF rate.
Annual Reports
For the past 22 consecutive years, the GFOA has awarded the EAA with the Certificate of Achievement in Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report is developed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles using the full accrual basis of accounting. The GFOA awards the Certificate of Excellence to entities that evidence the spirit of transparency and full disclosure in their Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports and achieve those goals.
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