2007 WATER DISTRICT INDUSTRY AVERAGE
NOTE: LWUA begins the process of computing for the year's water district industry average only after the end-of-the-year data (December 31) has come in. Thus, the discrepancy between the year the industry average is released and the year of data processed.
   
SMALL
AVERAGE
MEDIUM
BIG
LARGE
V-LARGE
OVER-ALL
PROFITABILITY  
Net Income / Operating Revenues
%
6
9
9
17
10
17
10
Interest Expense / Operating Revenues
%
16
10
15
7
14
8
13
Internal Cash Ratio
%
32
30
33
31
33
32
32
Debt Service Ratio
%
240
302
485
703
525
685
430
Debt Service
P
1,130,492
2,886,993
8,857,604
8,884,094
28,506,493
25,964,133
7,142,253
Net Income / Net UPIS
%
6
7
12
14
13
22
10
Return on Fixed Assets
%
6
6
9
15
7
11
9
Net Income / Month
P
             30,343
            132,145
            361,340
           1,246,562
           1,221,858
            7,299,568
             771,428
COST CONTROL
Operating Ratio
%
78
79
77
70
76
71
76
Operating Expense / Month
P
371,187
1,340,721
1,904,745
4,182,450
14,309,912
28,174,492
3,616,376
Operating Expense / Connection / Month
P
285
453
295
320
458
364
325
Operating Expense / Cubic Meters Billed
P
19
25
16
15
18
14
18
Admin. & Gen. Expense / Connection / Month
P
                  169
                  146
                  139
                    151
                    145
                     146
                    154
Admin. & Gen. Expense / Operating Exp
%
60
45
40
47
36
46
49
Maintenance Expense / Operating Expense
%
6
9
7
11
9
16
8
Other Operations & Maintenance Expense
P
1,743,143
5,981,822
9,956,601
19,290,044
51,871,345
134,867,389
16,481,176
MARKETING EFFORT
Average Active Service Connection
No.
1,324
 3,612
6,377
12,494
24,585
71,068
9,472
Operating Revenues  / Month
P
488,332
1,679,331
2,648,264
5,781,748
18,805,373
38,844,933
4,921,654
Operating Revenues  / Connection  / Month
P
386
453
418
455
502
534
427
Operating Revenues  / Cubic Meters  Billed
P
24
25
22
24
24
20
22
Cubic Meters Billed / Connection / Month
M3
17
18
20
21
25
27
19
Cubic Meters Billed / Month
M3
22,298
65,007
144,656
277,452
605,303
1,961,037
228,204
Monthly Billing per Connection
P
372
439
412
422
565
506
414
Peso  Billing per Cubic Meters Billed
P
23
24
22
20
24
19
22
COLLECTION EFFORT
Average Collection Period
Days
61
44
31
54
40
55
50
On time Payment
%
60
68
67
62
64
69
64
Collection Efficiency
%
91
88
94
94
94
94
92
Collection Ratio
%
93
89
89
90
89
85
91
Peso Collection - Current Year's Sales
P
5,134,795
18,677,056
33,105,680
62,586,905
156,646,257
414,344,833
51,682,755
Peso Collection - Previous Year's Sales
P
402,751
642,927
1,711,475
2,667,150
5,932,671
18,450,216
2,322,413
FINANCIAL POSITION
Total Debt / Total Assets
%
88
51
51
34
53
47
61
Loans Payable / Fixed Assets
%
99
47
94
51
55
54
78
Total Debt / (Total Debts + Total Equity)
%
88
51
52
33
53
47
61
Current Ratio
%
                  620
                  458
                  878
                    487
                    439
                     402
                    613
Net Income / Total Assets
%
3
4
7
9
5
7
6
Long Term Debt / Total Equity
%
133
172
77
52
164
136
110
PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Metered Service Connection
No.
1,321
3,634
7,279
12,653
31,542
71,034
10,042
Non-Revenue Water
%
24
24
27
26
27
33
26
Production Capacity Utilized
%
67
85
82
74
75
92
75
Pumping Exp / Cubic Meters Produced
P
2.20
2.61
2.62
3.22
4.12
2.09
2.63
Treatment Exp / Cubic Meters  Produced
P
0.24
0.26
0.22
0.21
0.24
0.25
0.23
Fuel Purchased for Pumping / Cubic Meters  Produced
P
1.78
2.44
2.09
2.67
3.05
1.61
2.16
Total Prodn Expense  / Cubic Meters  Produced
P
2.53
3.12
3.31
2.97
5.09
2.49
2.98
Total Production Expense / Connection / Month
P
62
78
78
89
144
95
79
Total Production  Expense / Operating Expense
%
21
24
41
29
41
25
28
Cubic Meters  Produced
M3
364,664
1,044,207
2,469,803
4,475,388
9,752,443
35,058,054
3,878,666
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Average  Number  of Employees
No.
  11
24
39
66
 131
402
55
Active Service Conn / Employee
No.
110
160
171
195
183
182
154
Average Payroll / Employee / Month
P
11,109
13,257
12,509
16,431
15,199
15,095
13,123
Average Payroll / Operating Expense
%
25
25
35
31
19
24
28
 
No. of WDs in this Industry Average
 
53
16
32
29
7
7
144
No. of WDs in each category as of Dec. 31, 2007
 
286
46
64
50
18
9
473
Percentage of Sample WD this Industry Average
 
19%
35%
50%
58%
39%
78%
30%
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