Massachusetts water and wastewater capital improvement plans
212 planned projects · $410M · 14 cities · 14 plans
The 14 capital improvement plans and adopted budgets Klarifi has extracted for Massachusetts list 212 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $410M across 14 cities. Rockland has the largest plan at $78M. Each city page lists its largest projects with budgets and years, links the source document and the city's treatment plants.
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.
Cities in Massachusetts with water and sewer capital plans
| # | City | Line items | Budget | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rockland | 17 | $78M | 1 |
| 2 | Ipswich | 12 | $74M | 1 |
| 3 | Newburyport | 26 | $58M | 1 |
| 4 | Palmer (Three Rivers) | 19 | $36M | 1 |
| 5 | Northampton | 16 | $34M | 1 |
| 6 | North Andover | 16 | $22M | 1 |
| 7 | Webster | 15 | $20M | 1 |
| 8 | Westborough | 12 | $19M | 1 |
| 9 | Uxbridge | 5 | $19M | 1 |
| 10 | Pittsfield | 19 | $19M | 1 |
| 11 | Montague | 22 | $16M | 1 |
| 12 | Wayland | 5 | $10M | 1 |
| 13 | Haverhill | 20 | $3M | 1 |
| 14 | Lee | 8 | $1M | 1 |
Planned spend by start year
Before 2026
$67M
39 items
2026
$173M
91 items
2027
$40M
23 items
2028
$99M
30 items
2029
$17M
15 items
2030
$12M
13 items
2031
$1M
1 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 77 | $115M | 28% |
| Sewer | 40 | $117M | 28% |
| Water Supply | 58 | $100M | 24% |
| Water Distribution | 37 | $77M | 19% |
Project types in Massachusetts
The largest planned projects in Massachusetts
| # | Project | City | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Design replace the influent System including tanks etc. | Rockland, MA | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $40M | 2028 |
| 2 | Water Treatment Plant Replacement | Ipswich, MA | Water treatment plants | $35M | 2026 |
| 3 | Sewer Plant Capital Improvements | Rockland, MA | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $33M | 2025–2027 |
| 4 | Indian Hill Raw Water Line (Phase 2) | Newburyport, MA | Water mains and distribution | $18M | 2026–2030 |
| 5 | Distribution System Rehabilitation Program | Uxbridge, MA | Water mains and distribution | $15M | 2024–2028 |
| 6 | Town Wharf Pump Station | Ipswich, MA | Pump stations | $15M | 2028 |
| 7 | Lower Artichoke Reservoir Dam Improvement 3 | Newburyport, MA | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $10M | 2026–2030 |
| 8 | Reservoir Construction | Northampton, MA | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $9M | 2028–2029 |
| 9 | Sewer Pump Station Improvements | Westborough, MA | Pump stations | $8M | 2026–2030 |
| 10 | Town Wharf Pump Station(borrow appd 2023ATM conditional with FEMA grant approval for 15M) | Ipswich, MA | Pump stations | $7M | 2028 |
All 212 Massachusetts line items in Klarifi
Every project with its description, page reference and source document, filterable by city, department, type, budget and year, linked to the plants and decision-makers in each city.
Massachusetts capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in each city’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.
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.