Minneapolis, Minnesota: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
29 line items · $461M · starting 2027–2030 · 1 plan
Minneapolis's published capital plans list 29 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $461M, of which 11 items worth $244M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Water Distribution Improvements at $72M (2025–2030). 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 Minneapolis
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Distribution Improvements | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $72M | 2025–2030 |
| 2 | Sanitary Tunnel & Sewer Rehab Program | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $61M | 2025–2030 |
| 3 | Flood Mitigation - Stormwater Alternatives | Sewer | Stormwater and flood resilience | $48M | 2025–2030 |
| 4 | Sanitary Sewer Paving Project Program | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $35M | 2025–2030 |
| 5 | Storm Sewer Paving Project Program | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $31M | 2025–2030 |
| 6 | Storm Drains and Tunnels Rehab Program | Sewer | Stormwater and flood resilience | $28M | 2025–2030 |
| 7 | Water Distribution Facility | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $20M | 2025–2028 |
| 8 | Treatment Infrastructure Improvements | Water Distribution | — | $18M | 2025–2030 |
| 9 | Columbia Heights Campus Upgrades | Water Distribution | — | $18M | 2027–2030 |
| 10 | Structural Lining - 2nd Street North | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $17M | 2025–2027 |
19 more line items in Minneapolis, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Minneapolis 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
$442M
27 items
2027
$18M
1 items
2030
$1M
1 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | 11 | $244M | 53% |
| Water Distribution | 18 | $217M | 47% |
Project types in Minneapolis's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Minneapolis
No publicly owned treatment plant is recorded under Minneapolis 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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Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Minneapolis’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 (29 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.