Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust adopts $2.7 billion five-year capital plan and approves FY2026 budget

Oklahoma City — The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust on May 6 adopted a five-year capital improvement plan totaling $2.7 billion and approved its fiscal year 2026 operating and capital budget after presentations from utility staff.

The trust voted to adopt the capital improvement plan (CIP) and later approved the FY2026 budget during the regular meeting. Haining Schoneman of the Utilities Department presented the CIP, describing a five-year program that allocates more than 60% of funding to water projects, about 35% to sewer and roughly $40 million to solid waste. Vanessa Aguilar, also with the Utilities Department, presented the proposed FY2026 budget and funding sources.

The CIP emphasizes system resiliency and reliability and regulatory compliance. Major water projects cited in the presentation include the Second Atoka pipeline program, Stonewall pump station, on-site chlorine generation at Draper and Heffner water treatment plants, Western Interconnect work, Overholser Dam structural stability work and water-main replacement. For sewer, staff highlighted the Deer Creek wastewater treatment plant expansion, odor-control and electrical improvements at wastewater plants. Solid waste priorities include a solid-waste operations center improvement, cart replacement and equipment replacement programs.

Staff said the CIP totals $2,700,000,000 for the next five fiscal years and that water is the largest single-category expenditure. Schoneman flagged supply-chain…