Austin, Minnesota: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
24 line items · $69M · starting 2026–2029 · 1 plan
Austin's published capital plans list 24 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $69M, of which 24 items worth $69M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Expansion Project at $46M (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 Austin
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expansion Project | Wastewater | — | $46M | 2025–2026 |
| 2 | Maintenance Shop | Wastewater | Aeration and blowers | $5M | 2029 |
| 3 | Sanitary Sewer and Manhole Replace. | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $5M | 2025–2029 |
| 4 | Force Main-Hope Street | Wastewater | Force mains and interceptors | $2M | 2027 |
| 5 | South Main Street Trunk repairs | Sewer | Water mains and distribution | $2M | 2027 |
| 6 | Eliminate Crane Lift Station | Sewer | Lift stations | $2M | 2029 |
| 7 | SE Collector Trunk Sewer Repairs | Sewer | Force mains and interceptors | $1M | 2029 |
| 8 | SW (12th Street) Trunk Sewer Repairs | Sewer | Force mains and interceptors | $825K | 2026 |
| 9 | Roof Replacement | Wastewater | Buildings, HVAC and site work | $660K | 2026 |
| 10 | Bar Screen-Hope Street | Wastewater | Headworks, screening and grit | $600K | 2025 |
14 more line items in Austin, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Austin 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
$54M
10 items
2026
$2M
5 items
2027
$4M
2 items
2028
$2M
4 items
2029
$8M
3 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 11 | $56M | 80% |
| Sewer | 13 | $14M | 20% |
Project types in Austin's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Austin
No publicly owned treatment plant is recorded under Austin in the facility directory; the city may be served by a regional plant listed under another municipality. Browse all plants in Minnesota.
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Austin capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Austin’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 2025–2029 (24 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.