Fort Collins, Colorado: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
19 line items · $49M · 1 plan
Fort Collins's published capital plans list 19 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $49M, of which 19 items worth $49M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Utilities: Wastewater - Water Reclamation and Biosolids at $15M (2025–2026). The ten largest items are listed below; the full list with descriptions and page references is in Klarifi.
A capital improvement plan (CIP) is a city’s multi-year budget for building and replacing infrastructure. The water, sewer and wastewater sections list each project with its budget and the years it is funded, which makes them the earliest public signal that a plant, pump station or pipe network is about to be upgraded, usually two to four years before a contract is awarded.
The largest water and sewer projects in Fort Collins
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utilities: Wastewater - Water Reclamation and Biosolids | Wastewater | Biosolids, sludge and dewatering | $15M | 2025–2026 |
| 2 | Utilities: Wastewater - Trunk & Collection | Wastewater | Membranes and filtration | $4M | 2025–2026 |
| 3 | Utilities: Wastewater - DWRF Septage Receiving | Wastewater | Headworks, screening and grit | $4M | 2025 |
| 4 | Utilities: Wastewater - Collection Small Capital Projects | Wastewater | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $4M | 2025–2026 |
| 5 | Utilities: Wastewater - Collection System Replacement | Wastewater | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $4M | 2025–2026 |
| 6 | Utilities: Environmental Regulatory Affairs | Wastewater | Stormwater and flood resilience | $3M | 2025–2026 |
| 7 | Utilities: Water Conservation | Wastewater | Stormwater and flood resilience | $3M | 2025–2026 |
| 8 | Utilities: Water Quality Services - Pollution Control Lab | Wastewater | Buildings, HVAC and site work | $3M | 2025–2026 |
| 9 | Utilities: Water Reclamation and Biosolids Capital Replacement | Wastewater | Biosolids, sludge and dewatering | $2M | 2025–2026 |
| 10 | Utilities: Wastewater - DWRF Preliminary Treatment Preliminary Design | Wastewater | Headworks, screening and grit | $2M | 2025 |
9 more line items in Fort Collins, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Fort Collins line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document, plus 13 verified contacts at the city’s treatment plants. Track new plans as they are adopted and compare with similar projects in other cities.
Planned spend by start year
Before 2026
$49M
19 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 19 | $49M | 100% |
Project types in Fort Collins's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Fort Collins
2 publicly owned treatment plants in Fort Collins with 2 permit violations in the last three years. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Ft. Collins Sanit. Dist. | 4.23 | CO0020737 | 1 |
| Mulberry WWTP | — | CO0026425 | 1 |
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Fort Collins capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Fort Collins’s capital improvement plan or adopted budget. Klarifi extracts the water, sewer and wastewater line items from the published document, keeps the page reference for each one, and assigns a project type from the title and description with a keyword classifier. Figures are planning budgets, not awarded contracts, and can change when a plan is re-adopted.
Documents: Adopted Budget 2025–2026 (19 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.