The Department is an enterprise fund of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners (BCC). Responsibility for both the accuracy of the data and the completeness and fairness of the presentation, including all disclosures, rests with the Department.
The Water Utilities Department is an enterprise fund operation of the BCC. The Department provides potable water, wastewater, and reclaimed water services to approximately 605,000 people located within approximately 1,300 square miles of the primarily unincorporated area of the County. In addition to serving unincorporated areas, the Department provides services directly to the residents and businesses of the Village of Royal Palm Beach, the Cities of Greenacres, Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay and the Towns of Haverhill and Loxahatchee Groves. Through inter-local agreements, the Department also provides services directly to the Village of Palm Springs, the Town of Lake Clarke Shores, the Cities of Lake Worth, Boynton Beach, Westlake and Atlantis.
Palm Beach County is a political subdivision of the State of Florida and is governed by the State Constitution, general laws of the State of Florida, and the County's Charter. The legislative and governing body of the County is the seven-member BCC. In accordance with the County's Charter, the Clerk & Comptroller is the Clerk of the BCC and is the official custodian of County funds and the accounting records of and for the Department. As an operating unit of the BCC, the Department reports directly to County Administration. An eleven-member Citizens' Advisory Board provides guidance to the Department and to the BCC on rate and policy issues.