UNSPSC 70171502: Water resources planning services

UNSPSC 70171502 Water resources planning services is a Commodity code that spans planning, design, engineering, and technical advisory work for municipal and regional water infrastructure, treatment systems, and facility improvements — not strategic-level resource assessment alone. State and local buyers use this code for feasibility studies, system upgrades, asset management, and specialized environmental compliance and monitoring services. Recent solicitations show a mix of issuing bodies: municipal utilities (City of Santa Cruz Water Department, City of Phoenix, Orange County Florida), county water authorities (Clackamas County Water Environment Services, Hillsborough County), state and special-purpose districts (California State Coastal Conservancy, Georgia Environmental Finance Authority), correctional facilities (Illinois Department of Corrections), and regional authorities (Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority). Work spans design of treatment plants and filtration systems, SCADA upgrades and control panel fabrication, wastewater testing and monitoring, water loss control analysis, aeration system improvements, mechanical integrity testing of injection wells, and utility system acquisition and operations contracting.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Florida (Orange County, Hillsborough County, Palm Bay, Sarasota County, Gainesville), California (Santa Cruz County, Sacramento), Georgia (Athens-Clarke County, Cumming, Flowery Branch, Fort Valley, DeKalb County, City of Atlanta), and Oregon (Clackamas County), with additional federal and state-agency activity in Illinois, Texas, Connecticut, and Arizona. Representative recent opportunities include Clackamas County's BID 2026-78 for Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility aeration basin refurbishment (RFQ posted October 7, 2026, response due November 10, 2026), Hillsborough County Capital Projects Management's IFB2600406 for a 1500 kW diesel generator installation at the Valrico Reclaimed Water Facility ($4,728,600 estimated value, IFB posted October 13, response due November 18, 2026 with 5% SBE participation goal), the City of Santa Cruz Water Department's RFQ for environmental services during construction of the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant ($100 million+ progressive design-build, posted May 14), and the Alamo Area Council of Governments' RFQ-26-03 for water infrastructure design services at Port San Antonio under the Military Installation Resilience Review Program (posted July 21, response due August 21, 2026). Prevailing wage requirements, state revolving fund (SRF) compliance, FDEP/EPA monitoring standards, and small business participation goals (5–10%) appear regularly across solicitations.