Newport News, Virginia: water and wastewater capital improvement projects
32 line items · $301M · starting 2026–2028 · 1 plan
Newport News's published capital plans list 32 water, sewer and wastewater line items with a combined planning budget of $301M, of which 1 items worth $43M sit in the wastewater and sewer departments. The largest single item is Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Project (PFAS) at $44M (2025–2027). 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 Newport News
| # | Project | Department | Type | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Project (PFAS) | Water Supply | PFAS treatment | $44M | 2025–2027 |
| 2 | Sanitary Sewer Maintenance and Rehabilitation Projects | Sewer | Sewer rehabilitation and I&I | $43M | 2027–2030 |
| 3 | Distribution System Improvements (DSI) - Neighborhood Program | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $32M | 2026–2030 |
| 4 | Distribution System Improvement (DSI) - Finished Water Transmission Program | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $19M | 2026–2030 |
| 5 | Distribution System Improvements (DSI) - Street Scale Program | Water Distribution | Water mains and distribution | $18M | 2026–2030 |
| 6 | Harwoods Mill Facility Improvements | Water Supply | PFAS treatment | $16M | 2025–2027 |
| 7 | Copeland Park Pump Station Rehabilitation | Water Supply | Pump stations | $16M | 2026–2029 |
| 8 | Chickahominy River Pump Station Modernization | Water Supply | Pump stations | $16M | 2026–2030 |
| 9 | Rolling Stock and Other Equipment | Water Supply | Vehicles and equipment | $11M | 2026–2030 |
| 10 | Diascund Creek Dam Remediation | Water Supply | SCADA, controls and instrumentation | $10M | 2026–2029 |
22 more line items in Newport News, with descriptions and contacts
Klarifi holds every Newport News 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
$78M
7 items
2026
$169M
20 items
2027
$47M
2 items
2028
$8M
3 items
By department
| Department | Line items | Budget | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | 1 | $43M | 14% |
| Water Supply | 25 | $179M | 59% |
| Water Distribution | 6 | $79M | 26% |
Project types in Newport News's plan
Wastewater treatment plants in Newport News
No publicly owned treatment plant is recorded under Newport News in the facility directory; the city may be served by a regional plant listed under another municipality. Browse all plants in Virginia.
Other Virginia cities with capital plans
Newport News capital plan questions
Sources and methodology
Budgets and years are as published in Newport News’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 2026–2030 (32 line items).
Data refreshed September 11, 2026.