Council Bluffs, Iowa: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
29 line items · $68M · starting 2026–2030 · 1 plan
Council Bluffs's published capital plans list 29 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $68M, of which 29 items worth $68M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is 28th Street Storm Rehab at $10M (2027–2030). 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 Council Bluffs
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28th Street Storm Rehab | Sewer | Stormwater and flood resilience | $10M | 2027–2030 |
| 2 | E Manawa Sewer Rehab | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $8M | 2026–2030 |
| 3 | Sewer Extension | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $7M | 2027–2030 |
| 4 | WPCP Admin Building | Sewer | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $5M | 2030 |
| 5 | S 23rd Street Sewer Rehab | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $4M | 2026–2029 |
| 6 | N. Broadway Reconstruction - Phase I | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $4M | 2030 |
| 7 | WPCP Digestor Lids | Sewer | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $4M | 2026 |
| 8 | South Expressway Reconstruction, Phase II | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $3M | 2027 |
| 9 | 23rd Ave Reconstruction - Phase I | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $3M | 2030 |
| 10 | N. 17th St Sewer Rehab | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $3M | 2028–2030 |
19 more line items in Council Bluffs, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Council Bluffs line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document, plus 8 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
2026
$19M
7 items
2027
$24M
8 items
2028
$8M
6 items
2029
$4M
3 items
2030
$14M
5 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | 29 | $68M | 100% |
Project types in Council Bluffs's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Council Bluffs
1 publicly owned treatment plant in Council Bluffs. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Bluffs City Of STP | — | IA0036641 | 0 |
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Council Bluffs capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Council Bluffs’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 2026–2030 (29 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.