Big Rapids, Michigan: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
25 line items · $10M · starting 2026–2029 · 2 plans
Big Rapids's published capital plans list 25 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $10M, of which 19 items worth $8M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Gilbert Drive/205th/Perry Ave Water Main Loop at $2M (2026–2027). 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 Big Rapids
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilbert Drive/205th/Perry Ave Water Main Loop | Wastewater | Water mains and distribution | $2M | 2026–2027 |
| 2 | Redundant Raw Water Main from Well House to Plant | Wastewater | Water mains and distribution | $2M | 2027–2028 |
| 3 | Water Service Line Exploration | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $900K | 2024–2027 |
| 4 | Increase capacity on Perry Street | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $875K | 2026 |
| 5 | Sieve Drum Concentrator and Piping Equipment | Wastewater | Vehicles and equipment | $602K | 2024–2025 |
| 6 | Aerobic Digester Insulated Covers and Sides | Wastewater | Anaerobic digesters and biogas | $600K | 2027–2028 |
| 7 | Turbo Blowers for Aerobic Digesters | Wastewater | Anaerobic digesters and biogas | $600K | 2026–2027 |
| 8 | Vortex Grit Removal System Renovation | Wastewater | Headworks, screening and grit | $460K | 2025–2026 |
| 9 | Michigan and Grand Traverse | Water Distribution | — | $271K | 2024–2025 |
| 10 | Green Street Watermain | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $237K | 2024–2025 |
15 more line items in Big Rapids, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Big Rapids 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
Before 2026
$3M
17 items
2026
$4M
4 items
2027
$3M
2 items
2028
$30K
1 items
2029
$30K
1 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 7 | $6M | 66% |
| Sewer | 12 | $1M | 15% |
| Water Distribution | 6 | $2M | 20% |
Project types in Big Rapids's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Big Rapids
No publicly owned treatment plant is recorded under Big Rapids in the facility directory; the city may be served by a regional plant listed under another municipality. Browse all plants in Michigan.
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Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Big Rapids’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 2024–2025 (20 line items); CIP 2024–2029 (5 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.