Escanaba, Michigan: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
11 line items · $15M · starting 2026 · 1 plan
Escanaba's published capital plans list 11 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $15M, of which 10 items worth $7M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Water Main & Service Replacements at $9M (2024–2029). 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 Escanaba
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Main & Service Replacements | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $9M | 2024–2029 |
| 2 | Sewer Main, Manhole, and Lateral Rehab | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $5M | 2024–2029 |
| 3 | Water Distribution Parts Storage Building | Wastewater | Water mains and distribution | $550K | 2024–2025 |
| 4 | Raw Wastewater Influent Fine Screen | Wastewater | Headworks, screening and grit | $500K | 2026–2027 |
| 5 | Upgrade-Replace Elevator | Wastewater | — | $300K | 2025–2026 |
| 6 | Digester Boiler Replacement - Plumbing Restoration | Wastewater | Anaerobic digesters and biogas | $80K | 2024–2025 |
| 7 | Replace Cl2 Scales to 150# tanks | Wastewater | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $65K | 2024–2025 |
| 8 | Digester Garage Roof | Wastewater | Anaerobic digesters and biogas | $60K | 2025–2026 |
| 9 | Lift Station Controls | Wastewater | Lift stations | $60K | 2025–2026 |
| 10 | Improvements for Sludge Site | Wastewater | Biosolids, sludge and dewatering | $50K | 2024–2025 |
1 more line items in Escanaba, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Escanaba 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
$15M
10 items
2026
$500K
1 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 9 | $2M | 11% |
| Sewer | 1 | $5M | 33% |
| Water Distribution | 1 | $9M | 56% |
Project types in Escanaba's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Escanaba
No publicly owned treatment plant is recorded under Escanaba 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 Escanaba’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 2024–2030 (11 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.