Atlanta, Georgia: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
90 line items · $3.1B · starting 2026 · 1 plan
Atlanta's published capital plans list 90 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $3.1B, of which 37 items worth $1.5B sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is North Fork Storage Project at $454M (2026–2030). 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 Atlanta
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Fork Storage Project | Wastewater | — | $454M | 2026–2030 |
| 2 | Sanitary Sewer - Annual Contract | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $258M | 2026–2030 |
| 3 | Custer Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Capacity Relief | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $174M | 2026–2030 |
| 4 | Department of Watershed Management Water Surcharge | Water Supply | — | $164M | 2026–2030 |
| 5 | Most Phase 3 Stormwater Projects | Water Supply | Stormwater and flood resilience | $157M | 2026–2030 |
| 6 | Capital Improvement Program Architectural and Engineering and Construction Management Services | Water Supply | — | $132M | 2026–2030 |
| 7 | Adamsville Pump Station | Wastewater | Pump stations | $120M | 2026–2030 |
| 8 | Downtown Water Storage Tanks and Pumping Distribution | Water Supply | Water mains and distribution | $109M | 2026–2030 |
| 9 | 17 Pumping Station Improvements | Water Supply | Pump stations | $101M | 2026–2030 |
| 10 | Utilities Georgia Department of Transportation and Municipal | Water Supply | — | $100M | 2026–2030 |
80 more line items in Atlanta, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Atlanta line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document. Track new plans as they are adopted and compare with similar projects in other cities.
Planned spend by start year
2026
$3.1B
90 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 15 | $828M | 26% |
| Sewer | 22 | $685M | 22% |
| Water Supply | 46 | $1.5B | 48% |
| Water Distribution | 7 | $108M | 3% |
Project types in Atlanta's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Atlanta
No publicly owned treatment plant is recorded under Atlanta in the facility directory; the city may be served by a regional plant listed under another municipality. Browse all plants in Georgia.
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Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Atlanta’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 (90 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.