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Des Moines Water Works Basics

  • Established
  • Currently closed to new hires
  • Plan covers local employees
  • Plan members covered by Social Security
  • Single employer

Assets, Participants, and Benefits

Assets at Year-End, Des Moines Water Works, 2001-2021

Fiscal Year Net Assets (billions)
2001 null
2002 null
2003 0.03
2004 0.02
2005 0.04
2006 0.04
2007 0.04
2008 0.03
2009 0.03
2010 0.04
2011 0.04
2012 0.04
2013 0.05
2014 0.05
2015 0.05
2016 0.05
2017 0.05
2018 0.05
2019 0.06
2020 0.06
2021 0.06

Source: Public Plans Database

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Number of Actives per Annuitant, 2001-2021

Fiscal Year Des Moines Water Works US State and Local Pensions
2001 68.0 2.4
2002 1.9 2.3
2003 1.9 2.2
2004 1.7 2.1
2005 1.8 2.1
2006 1.6 2.0
2007 1.6 2.0
2008 1.6 1.9
2009 1.4 1.9
2010 1.4 1.8
2011 1.4 1.7
2012 1.3 1.6
2013 1.1 1.5
2014 1.0 1.4
2015 0.9 1.4
2016 0.8 1.4
2017 0.7 1.4
2018 0.7 1.3
2019 0.7 1.3
2020 0.6 1.3
2021 0.5 1.2

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Costs

Employer's Annual Required Contribution as a Percentage of Payroll and Portion Paid for Des Moines Water Works, 2001-2013

Fiscal Year Portion of Employer ARC paid Portion of Employer ARC left unpaid US Avg Employer ARC ARC as a Percent of Payroll
2001 5.3 3.5 5.3 8.8
2002 4.8 2.8 5.3 7.6
2003 7.3 1.9 6.0 9.2
2004 7.5 0.9 7.7 8.4
2005 8.3 0.4 9.6 8.7
2006 8.2 0.0 9.8 8.2
2007 7.5 0.0 10.6 6.1
2008 7.3 0.0 11.0 5.0
2009 8.8 0.0 11.0 8.8
2010 12.5 0.0 11.6 12.5
2011 17.7 0.0 13.4 17.7
2012 22.8 0.0 14.0 22.8
2013 25.5 0.0 15.1 25.5

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Actuarial Funding

Actuarial Funded Ratio for Des Moines Water Works, 2001-2021

Fiscal Year Des Moines Water Works National Data
2001 null 101.7
2002 null 95.2
2003 null 89.0
2004 null 87.2
2005 null 85.4
2006 null 85.3
2007 107.0 86.3
2008 98.0 84.4
2009 90.0 78.4
2010 81.0 75.7
2011 74.0 74.3
2012 73.0 72.3
2013 85.0 71.9
2014 86.4 73.2
2015 89.0 73.2
2016 87.0 71.6
2017 85.0 72.1
2018 85.0 72.4
2019 86.0 72.5
2020 87.0 72.7
2021 85.0 75.7

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Investments

Asset Allocation for Des Moines Water Works, 2021

Category Percent
Equities null
Fixed Income null
Private Equity null
Real Estate null
Cash null
Other null
Commodities null
Hedge Fund null
Misc. Alternatives null

Source: Public Plans Database

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Asset Allocation for State and Local Pensions, 2021

Category Percent
Equities 47.1
Fixed Income 21.6
Private Equity 11.3
Real Estate 8.0
Cash 2.1
Other 0.6
Commodities 1.9
Hedge Fund 5.8
Misc. Alternatives 1.6

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Asset allocation for Des Moines Water Works, 2001-2021

Fiscal Year Equities Fixed Income Private Equity Real Estate Cash Other Commodities Hedge Fund Misc. Alternatives
2001 null null null null null null null null null
2002 null null null null null null null null null
2003 null null null null null null null null null
2004 null null null null null null null null null
2005 null null null null null null null null null
2006 null null null null null null null null null
2007 null null null null null null null null null
2008 null null null null null null null null null
2009 null null null null null null null null null
2010 null null null null null null null null null
2011 null null null null null null null null null
2012 null null null null null null null null null
2013 null null null null null null null null null
2014 null null null null null null null null null
2015 null null null null null null null null null
2016 null null null null null null null null null
2017 null null null null null null null null null
2018 null null null null null null null null null
2019 null null null null null null null null null
2020 null null null null null null null null null
2021 null null null null null null null null null

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Annual Return as of December 31 for Des Moines Water Works, 2001-2021

Fiscal Year Des Moines Water Works Assumed return
2001 null 7.50
2002 null 7.50
2003 7.41 7.50
2004 32.28 7.50
2005 114.79 7.50
2006 13.30 7.50
2007 6.35 7.50
2008 -31.56 7.50
2009 18.98 7.50
2010 13.54 7.50
2011 -0.01 7.25
2012 12.71 6.50
2013 14.70 6.50
2014 5.51 6.50
2015 -1.27 6.50
2016 7.00 6.25
2017 14.40 6.25
2018 -4.87 6.00
2019 17.98 6.00
2020 12.35 5.60
2021 8.29 5.60

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Cash Flows

Cash Flow vs. Total Assets (Millions)
Des Moines Water Works
2001-2021

Fiscal Year Cash Flow Assets
2001 null null
2002 null null
2003 -0.7 28.8
2004 -0.6 18.0
2005 -0.7 37.7
2006 -0.4 42.3
2007 -0.9 44.0
2008 -1.1 29.2
2009 -1.0 33.7
2010 -0.5 37.7
2011 0.0 37.7
2012 0.5 43.0
2013 0.4 49.8
2014 -1.8 50.7
2015 -1.9 48.1
2016 -2.4 49.0
2017 -2.0 53.9
2018 -2.1 49.3
2019 -1.9 56.1
2020 -1.8 61.1
2021 -2.1 63.9

Source: Public Plans Database

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Note: The PPD average is for plans with a similar fiscal year end (FYE) date to the plan presented on this page.


Cash Flow as a Percentage of Assets
Des Moines Water Works
2001-2021

Fiscal Year Des Moines Water Works National Average
2001 null -2.2
2002 null -2.6
2003 -2.4 -2.5
2004 -3.4 -2.6
2005 -1.7 -2.2
2006 -1.0 -2.2
2007 -2.1 -2.3
2008 -3.7 -2.9
2009 -2.9 -3.2
2010 -1.4 -3.2
2011 0.1 -3.4
2012 1.1 -3.3
2013 0.8 -3.1
2014 -3.6 -2.9
2015 -4.0 -3.1
2016 -5.0 -3.2
2017 -3.7 -2.9
2018 -4.2 -3.1
2019 -3.3 -3.1
2020 -3.0 -2.9
2021 -3.4 -2.5

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Benefits

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