Bethlehem, New York: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
42 line items · $26M · starting 2026–2030 · 1 plan
Bethlehem's published capital plans list 42 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $26M, of which 19 items worth $11M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Remaining Tank Work – Kenwood Tank Replacement at $4M (2029). 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 Bethlehem
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remaining Tank Work – Kenwood Tank Replacement | Water Supply | Storage tanks and reservoirs | $4M | 2029 |
| 2 | Clarifier Rehabilitation Recycle PS Improvements; Clearwell improvements. | Water Supply | Clarifiers and settling | $3M | 2025–2027 |
| 3 | Pump Station Replacement and Rehabilitation – Design in 2026, Construction in 2027 | Sewer | Pump stations | $3M | 2026–2029 |
| 4 | Consolidated Field Operations Facility (Sewer Portion) | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $3M | 2030 |
| 5 | Looping and Replacement of Aging Water Mains (574.24-03) – To Improve Water Quality and Reduce Outages; Delaware Complete Streets Replacement in 2024 | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $2M | 2025–2028 |
| 6 | Backup Generator – Dinmore Road Wellfield (573.23-03) – Deferred 1 Year; Engineering in 2024 | Water Supply | Wells and groundwater | $2M | 2025 |
| 7 | Raw Water Reservoir Dredging | Water Supply | Lagoons and ponds | $2M | 2025 |
| 8 | Lining and Rehabilitation of Sewers (572.24-04) – Including Root Control | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $1M | 2025–2029 |
| 9 | Sludge Blower Replacement | Wastewater | Biosolids, sludge and dewatering | $1M | 2026 |
| 10 | Force Main Replacement and Rehabilitation (572.24-04) | Sewer | Force mains and interceptors | $750K | 2025–2029 |
32 more line items in Bethlehem, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Bethlehem 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
$15M
35 items
2026
$4M
4 items
2027
$35K
1 items
2029
$4M
1 items
2030
$3M
1 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater | 8 | $3M | 11% |
| Sewer | 11 | $8M | 33% |
| Water Supply | 19 | $12M | 47% |
| Water Distribution | 4 | $2M | 9% |
Project types in Bethlehem's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Bethlehem
1 publicly owned treatment plant in Bethlehem with 7 permit violations in the last three years. Each profile shows flow, permit, technology and compliance data.
| Plant | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Albany Sd | 0.00049 | NY0191825 | 7 |
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Bethlehem capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Bethlehem’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 (42 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.