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Englewood outlines $109 million five-year CIP for water, with lead program and Denver interconnects prioritized
Summary
City staff presented a five-year utilities capital-improvement plan totaling about $109 million and a 10-year plan of about $133 million, highlighting lead-service-line work, CityDitch piping, WIFIA-funded plant improvements and planned Denver Water interconnect construction.
Englewood staff presented the utilities component of the city's 2026 capital-improvement plan, projecting roughly $109 million in capital spending over five years and about $133 million over 10 years across water, sewer and the city's share of South Platte Renew projects.
Sarah (Staff member) said the 2025 priorities include continued lead service line replacements (the program began construction in July 2024), CityDitch piping work with construction anticipated to begin in summer, and planned work on Denver Water interconnects with a construction RFP scheduled for later in the month and construction expected in fall 2025. Sarah noted the water master plan is being updated in 2025; that update will feed revised CIP numbers into the 2026 budget process.
Staff listed WIFIA-funded projects for instrumentation, control and process improvements at the treatment plant and remote pump stations and estimated about $18 million in WIFIA work in the next five years. The city also said it expects to use SRF funding for parts of the water-line replacement program; staff estimated that the final year of lead-line replacements in 2026 could total about $9.5 million based on identified lines to date.
The water fund five-year total from the presentation was about $56.8 million. Staff emphasized those figures will be updated as the 2025 master plan completes and projects are bid; staff also described mitigation steps for cost escalation including early procurement and CMGC early works packages for critical equipment.
No formal council action on the CIP was taken at this meeting; the presentation was informational and will inform the 2026 budget and subsequent council decisions.
