Saginaw, Michigan: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
109 line items · $191M · starting 2026–2030 · 2 plans
Saginaw's published capital plans list 109 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $191M, of which 57 items worth $72M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Elevated Storage Tank at $21M (2025–2026). 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 Saginaw
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elevated Storage Tank | Water Supply | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $21M | 2025–2026 |
| 2 | River Crossing | Wastewater | — | $20M | 2025 |
| 3 | Water Plant Switch Gear Upgrade | Water Supply | Water treatment plants | $13M | 2026–2028 |
| 4 | Equalization Basins | Wastewater | — | $12M | 2029 |
| 5 | Line, Rehab and Replace Water Main | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $9M | 2025–2030 |
| 6 | Lead Water Service Line Replacements | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $9M | 2025–2030 |
| 7 | High Service Upgrades | Wastewater | — | $7M | 2025–2027 |
| 8 | Lead Service Line Replacements Main to Meter | Water Distribution | Lead service line replacement | $7M | 2025–2028 |
| 9 | East West Transmission Loop Improvements | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $7M | 2025 |
| 10 | Hancock RTB Renovations | Wastewater | — | $7M | 2025 |
99 more line items in Saginaw, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Saginaw line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document, plus 38 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
$148M
78 items
2026
$19M
12 items
2027
$4M
6 items
2028
$8M
8 items
2029
$12M
3 items
2030
$500K
2 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 57 | $72M | 38% |
| Water Supply | 41 | $70M | 37% |
| Water Distribution | 11 | $49M | 26% |
Project types in Saginaw's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Saginaw
3 publicly owned treatment plants in Saginaw with 88 permit violations in the last three years. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Saginaw Wastewater Treatment Plant | 13.41 | MI0025577 | 21 |
| Saginaw Twp WWTP | 3.24 | MI0023973 | 10 |
| Buena Vista Twp WWTP | 0.79 | MI0022497 | 57 |
Other Michigan cities with capital plans
Saginaw capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Saginaw’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 2025–2030 (67 line items); CIP 2023–2028 (42 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.