Jacksonville, Florida: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
217 line items · $3.6B · starting 2026–2028 · 1 plan
Jacksonville's published capital plans list 217 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $3.6B, of which 132 items worth $2.7B sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is SWDE - Buckman Water Reclamation Facility Improvements at $366M (2024–2028). 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 Jacksonville
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWDE - Buckman Water Reclamation Facility Improvements | Sewer | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $366M | 2024–2028 |
| 2 | Buckman Reclamation Facility - Biosolids Conversion - Process Facility | Sewer | Biosolids, sludge and dewatering | $253M | 2024–2028 |
| 3 | Blacks Ford Reclamation Facility - Expansion from 6 to 12 MGD | Sewer | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $211M | 2024–2028 |
| 4 | Galvanized Pipe Replacement - Program | Water Supply | Water mains and distribution | $165M | 2024–2028 |
| 5 | SWDE - Southwest Water Reclamation Facility - Purification Facility | Sewer | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $154M | 2024–2028 |
| 6 | SWDE - Arlington East - Purification Facility | Sewer | — | $146M | 2024–2028 |
| 7 | SWDE - Arlington East Water Reclamation Facility - Disinfection Conversion to High Level UV | Sewer | Disinfection and UV | $102M | 2024–2027 |
| 8 | SWDE - Cedar Bay - Purification Facility | Sewer | — | $101M | 2024–2028 |
| 9 | Nassau Regional Reclamation Facility - Expansion to 3.0 MGD | Sewer | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $81M | 2024–2025 |
| 10 | Water Meters - AMI Conversion | Water Supply | Meters and AMI | $71M | 2024–2027 |
207 more line items in Jacksonville, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Jacksonville line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document, plus 21 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
$3.6B
203 items
2026
$22M
8 items
2027
$11M
3 items
2028
$4M
3 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | 132 | $2.7B | 74% |
| Water Supply | 69 | $829M | 23% |
| Water Distribution | 16 | $105M | 3% |
Project types in Jacksonville's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Jacksonville
5 publicly owned treatment plants in Jacksonville with 776 permit violations in the last three years. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jea Buckman WWTP | 24.34 | FL0026000 | 69 |
| Southwest District WWTF | 12.59 | FL0026468 | 4 |
| Blacks Ford WRF | 4.35 | FL0174441 | 4 |
| Jea Greenland WWTF | 3.74 | FL0A00023 | 0 |
| Baldwin WWTF | 0.2 | FL0027812 | 699 |
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Jacksonville capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Jacksonville’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: CIP 2024–2028 (217 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.