UNSPSC 72141131: Water reservoir construction service

Construction of infrastructure for water storage

UNSPSC 72141131 Water reservoir construction service is a Commodity code that covers the design-build and rehabilitation of water storage facilities, including earthfill and rockfill dams, buried reinforced concrete storage tanks, filtration plant liners, and associated outlet works, inlet systems, and appurtenant infrastructure. State and local water utilities, cities, counties, and special districts solicit work under this code to construct new capacity, replace deteriorated systems, and upgrade treatment infrastructure to meet environmental compliance and growing service demands. The issuing bodies are typically municipal water departments and city engineering offices, occasionally in partnership with county water authorities and regional water districts; West Jordan City and the City of St. George have each posted multiple pre-qualification solicitations for significant reservoir projects within the past four months, signaling sustained capital investment in water infrastructure expansion in Utah.

Recent activity concentrates in the Mountain West and Mid-Atlantic regions. The City of St. George issued an RFPQ for the Graveyard Wash Reservoir, an earthfill dam project requiring 1.016 million cubic yards of fill with outlet works and pipelines, SOQ due September 16, 2026; West Jordan City reissued an SOQ for the Zone 5 North 4.0 megagallon water storage reservoir, a fully buried AWWA D110 Type 1 wire-wrapped reinforced concrete tank with project completion targeted for November 2027, SOQ due September 3, 2026 via the Utah Public Procurement Place with four contractors already pre-qualified as of late September 2026; the City of Meriden, Connecticut posted an IFB for Merimere Water Filtration Plant liner and underdrain rehabilitation funded by the Environmental Protection Agency with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, bids due October 7, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.; Howard County, Maryland solicited bids on the Country Meadows Pond Repair capital project under IFB 2027-01, due August 19, 2026; and the State of Oregon requested Construction Manager at Risk services for the Geren Island Flow Maintenance Project under RFP 267068, proposals due August 18, 2026. Pre-qualification stages are standard for large reservoir work; most solicitations require minimum ten years' experience on similar projects, bonding capacity at or above 100 percent of contract value, and designated on-site project management personnel with verifiable dam or water-infrastructure experience.