Omaha, Nebraska: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
20 line items · $2.2B · starting 2026–2031 · 2 plans
Omaha's published capital plans list 20 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $2.2B, of which 20 items worth $2.2B sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Water Resource Recovery Facility Improvements at $754M (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 Omaha
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Resource Recovery Facility Improvements | Wastewater | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $754M | 2025–2030 |
| 2 | Combined Sewer Overflow Control Implementation | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $555M | 2025–2030 |
| 3 | Interceptor Sewer Reconstruction and Rehabilitation | Sewer | Force mains and interceptors | $182M | 2025–2030 |
| 4 | Facilities Upgrade | Sewer | Pump stations | $156M | 2033 |
| 5 | Sewer Reconstruction/Rehabilitation | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $140M | 2025–2030 |
| 6 | Combined Sewer Renovation Program | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $128M | 2025–2030 |
| 7 | Capital Asset Replacement Program | Wastewater | Headworks, screening and grit | $92M | 2025–2030 |
| 8 | CSO Control Implementation | Sewer | Stormwater and flood resilience | $92M | 2034 |
| 9 | Interceptor Sewers | Sewer | Force mains and interceptors | $31M | 2032 |
| 10 | Neighborhood Sewer Renovation | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $26M | 2029 |
10 more line items in Omaha, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Omaha line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document, plus 1 verified contact 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
$1.9B
11 items
2026
$15M
1 items
2027
$3M
1 items
2028
$5M
1 items
2029
$26M
1 items
2030
$13M
1 items
2031
$16M
1 items
2032 and later
$279M
3 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 3 | $856M | 38% |
| Sewer | 17 | $1.4B | 62% |
Project types in Omaha's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Omaha
2 publicly owned treatment plants in Omaha with 29 permit violations in the last three years. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Plant | 23.36 | NEL036358 | 0 |
| Twilight Hills | 0.005 | NE0113077 | 29 |
Other Nebraska cities with capital plans
Omaha capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Omaha’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: Adopted Budget 2025 (10 line items); CIP 2025–2030 (10 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.