Lexington, Kentucky: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
56 line items · $227M · starting 2026–2031 · 1 plan
Lexington's published capital plans list 56 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $227M, of which 38 items worth $204M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is North Elkhorn Pump Station Equalization Tank at $53M (2026–2029). 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 Lexington
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Elkhorn Pump Station Equalization Tank | Sewer | Pump stations | $53M | 2026–2029 |
| 2 | Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $36M | 2026–2031 |
| 3 | Water Quality replacements | Sewer | — | $14M | 2026–2031 |
| 4 | Town Branch Wet Weather Storage Tank Phase II | Sewer | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $13M | 2028–2029 |
| 5 | Mint Lane Pump Station | Sewer | Pump stations | $8M | 2026–2027 |
| 6 | Gravity Line Sewer Cleaning | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $8M | 2026–2031 |
| 7 | Treatment Plant Odor Control Management | Sewer | Odor and corrosion control | $8M | 2027–2031 |
| 8 | Division of Water Quality Building Renovation | Water Supply | Buildings, HVAC and site work | $6M | 2026 |
| 9 | Georgetown Road Newtown Pike Upgrades Phases I and II | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $6M | 2028–2030 |
| 10 | Stormwater Rehabilitation Project | Sewer | Stormwater and flood resilience | $6M | 2026–2031 |
46 more line items in Lexington, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Lexington 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
$173M
37 items
2027
$27M
13 items
2028
$24M
4 items
2030
$3M
1 items
2031
$650K
1 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | 38 | $204M | 90% |
| Water Supply | 10 | $14M | 6% |
| Water Distribution | 8 | $9M | 4% |
Project types in Lexington's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Lexington
No publicly owned treatment plant is recorded under Lexington in the facility directory; the city may be served by a regional plant listed under another municipality. Browse all plants in Kentucky.
Lexington capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Lexington’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 (56 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.