Plainwell, Michigan: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
11 line items · $3M · starting 2026–2030 · 1 plan
Plainwell's published capital plans list 11 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $3M, of which 7 items worth $3M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Replace Cushman St Lift Station at $1M (2030–2031). 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 Plainwell
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Replace Cushman St Lift Station | Sewer | Lift stations | $1M | 2030–2031 |
| 2 | Replace All Plant MMC Panels | Sewer | Generators, power and electrical | $800K | 2028–2029 |
| 3 | Ice pigging for Cushman forcemmain | Sewer | Pump stations | $400K | 2027–2028 |
| 4 | Biotower/ biobed replacement | Sewer | — | $250K | 2028–2029 |
| 5 | Water Tower Painting-Interior | Water Supply | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $240K | 2024–2025 |
| 6 | Digester Coating & Covers Ext. | Sewer | Anaerobic digesters and biogas | $125K | 2027–2028 |
| 7 | Obsolete Water Tower Removal | Water Supply | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $85K | 2029–2030 |
| 8 | Duperon Screen Head Drive Assembly Replacement | Sewer | Headworks, screening and grit | $75K | 2026–2027 |
| 9 | Wakefield lift station Panel & Improvements | Sewer | Lift stations | $20K | 2025–2026 |
| 10 | Leak Detection | Water Supply | — | $10K | 2025–2026 |
1 more line items in Plainwell, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Plainwell line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document, plus 2 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
Before 2026
$280K
4 items
2026
$75K
1 items
2027
$525K
2 items
2028
$1M
2 items
2029
$85K
1 items
2030
$1M
1 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | 7 | $3M | 89% |
| Water Supply | 4 | $345K | 11% |
Project types in Plainwell's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Plainwell
1 publicly owned treatment plant in Plainwell with 3 permit violations in the last three years. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainwell WWTP | 0.31 | MI0020494 | 3 |
Other Michigan cities with capital plans
Plainwell capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Plainwell’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.