Taos, New Mexico: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
15 line items · $13M · 1 plan
Taos's published capital plans list 15 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $13M, of which 11 items worth $6M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Mitigation Well at $3M (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 Taos
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitigation Well | Water Supply | Wells and groundwater | $3M | 2025–2026 |
| 2 | UNM Klauer Well | Water Supply | Wells and groundwater | $2M | 2025–2026 |
| 3 | Land Acquisition - WWTP Retention Pond | Wastewater | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $2M | 2025–2026 |
| 4 | WWTP Rehabilitation | Wastewater | Wastewater treatment plant upgrades | $2M | 2025–2026 |
| 5 | Camino Medio Well Pump | Water Supply | Pump stations | $1M | 2025–2026 |
| 6 | Bataan Well | Water Supply | Wells and groundwater | $914K | 2025–2026 |
| 7 | Infrastructure - Valverde/La Lomita | Wastewater | — | $619K | 2025–2026 |
| 8 | Taos Pueblo Vault | Wastewater | — | $404K | 2025–2026 |
| 9 | Infrastructure - Cordoba/Destino Water | Wastewater | — | $206K | 2025–2026 |
| 10 | CDBG - TM Leverage | Wastewater | — | $175K | 2025–2026 |
5 more line items in Taos, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Taos line item with its description, the page it appears on and the source document, plus 4 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
$13M
15 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 11 | $6M | 42% |
| Water Supply | 4 | $8M | 58% |
Project types in Taos's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Taos
2 publicly owned treatment plants in Taos with 79 permit violations in the last three years. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taos Wastewater Treatment Plant | 1.03 | NM0024066 | 56 |
| Town Of Red River | 0.5 | NM0024899 | 23 |
Taos capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Taos’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 2025–2026 (15 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.