Oklahoma City approves $3.56m for sewer rehabilitation
City of Oklahoma City Utilities, Oklahoma · Meeting date: October 27, 2026 · Published: October 28, 2026
The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust approved two contracts with Urban Contractors for sanitary-sewer rehabilitation work worth a combined $3.56 million. The awards cover separate sewer corridors in northwest Oklahoma City and were accompanied by a $248,350 emergency sewer-siphon cleaning contract.
Key points
- Urban Contractors received a $2.41 million contract for sanitary-sewer rehabilitation from NW 22nd Street to NW 16th Street, between Tulsa and Portland avenues.
- A second Urban Contractors contract, worth $1.15 million, covers sewer rehabilitation between NW 37th and NW 36th streets, from Frankford to Altadena avenues.
- Trustees also ratified a $248,350 emergency contract with Urban Contractors to clean a sewer siphon at North Lee Avenue and Colcord Drive.
- The Trust approved the 16-item consent docket, which also included an ODEQ permit to construct for a sewer-line relocation along SW 179th Street.
Full report
Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust has approved $3.56 million in contracts for two sanitary-sewer rehabilitation projects, both awarded to Urban Contractors, LLC, as it also ratified emergency work to clean a sewer siphon.
The larger award, at $2,406,899, is for Project SC-1132, covering rehabilitation from NW 22nd Street to NW 16th Street between Tulsa Avenue and Portland Avenue. The second, Project SC-1116, is valued at $1,149,714.80 and covers the corridor between NW 37th Street and NW 36th Street, from Frankford Avenue to Altadena Avenue.
Both contracts were among 16 consent-docket items approved by trustees on October 27. The approvals included Addendum No. 1 for each project, as well as the associated contracts and bonds.
In a separate action requiring four affirmative votes, trustees ratified the General Manager's emergency declaration and contract award to Urban Contractors for Project SY-0041, emergency sewer siphon cleaning at North Lee Avenue and Colcord Drive. The contract is worth $248,350 and includes ratification of an emergency work order.
The consent docket also advanced other wastewater works. Trustees approved a $978,236.35 change order with Crossland Heavy Contractors for aeration-system improvements at Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $74,858 amendment and change order for Lift Station No. 90 elimination, and an Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality permit to construct for a sanitary-sewer-line relocation along SW 179th Street between Pennsylvania and Western avenues.
On the water side, the Trust approved a $2,233,494 increase in Black & Veatch's engineering fee for clarifier rehabilitation at Hefner Water Treatment Plant. It also approved an $858,410 contract with Libra Electric Company to replace Variable Frequency Drive No. 2 at the Draper Water Treatment Plant high-service pump station.
The approvals came as the Trust received its fiscal 2025 annual financial report. Staff said the utility met and exceeded its financial policies and goals, including debt coverage above two times and more than 800 days of working capital. S&P and Moody's had also reaffirmed the utility's AAA credit rating, according to the General Manager.
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Source: Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, City of Oklahoma City Utilities