Water utility contract awards
Who won what from North American water, wastewater and stormwater utilities, from their board decisions. Published by Global Water Intelligence.
Analyst note
Luke Bratt, North America Editor, Global Water Intelligence. 13 October 2026.
Understanding what your competitors are winning in real-time is difficult. From our own calculations, it requires monitoring at least fifty thousand documents a year if you want to get a serious sense of who's winning work in the municipal water sector. Of course, new AI tools have made this more achievable - but WIN's database is backed by human judgement and the experience of an editorial team with decades in the sector.
We monitor awards approved by boards and committees across 2,000 of the largest utilities. Over the last 12 months, this has allowed us to comb through thousands of individual awards ranging from chemical procurements to O&M deals. WIN provides this data in any format you need: an in-depth dashboard, an excel sheet, or even a plugin for your own LLM tools.
In the 12 months to 2026-10-14: $40.5B of contract awards, 16,357 awards in 56 states and provinces, 1,875 companies referenced.
Recent contract awards
| Date | Utility | Contract | Firm | Work type | Value |
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| 2026-10-12 | Chandler Municipal Utilities Department (Arizona) | Water Reclamation Facility Improvements Phase 3 Construction Services | McCarthy Building Cos Inc. | Construction | $51M |
| 2026-10-12 | Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (California) | Colorado River Aqueduct Canal Liner Replacement | Kiewit Corporation | Construction | $14M |
| 2026-10-12 | Jurupa Community Services District (California) | Intervalley Pipeline Project Construction Inspection Services | MWH Constructors | Construction | $2.8M |
| 2026-10-12 | Chandler Municipal Utilities Department (Arizona) | Hunt Highway Well Construction | Layne Christensen Company | Construction | $2.8M |
| 2026-10-12 | Charlotte Water (North Carolina) | Irwin Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility Ultraviolet Disinfection System Replacement | Harper General Contractors | Construction | $4.0M |
Award value by firm type
- Construction Contractor: 67.6% ($27.4B)
- Engineering Consultant: 13.4% ($5.4B)
- Equipment & Materials: 8.1% ($3.3B)
- Specialty Services: 7.2% ($2.9B)
- Other: 3.7% ($1.5B)