UNSPSC 83101500: Water and sewer utilities

UNSPSC 83101500 Water and sewer utilities, a Class code, covers the design, construction, rehabilitation, and operational support of municipal water distribution, wastewater collection, treatment, and force main infrastructure. State and local governments procure under this code for water main replacement and extension, sewer line installation and rehabilitation, pump station construction and rehabilitation, fire service line interconnections, meter replacement programs, treatment plant improvements including PFAS remediation, lift station retrofits, culvert lining, and ancillary work such as testing, disinfection, traffic control, and site restoration.

Issuing bodies span counties (Baltimore County, Maryland; Glynn County, Georgia; Jones County, Georgia; Polk County, Florida), municipalities (Meriden and Bristol, Connecticut; Carmel, Indiana; Salt Lake City, Utah; Yarmouth and Scituate, Massachusetts), water and sewer districts and authorities (Tohopekaliga Water Authority, Dracut Water Supply District, Waterford Municipal Authority, Rochester Area Joint Sewer Authority, Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority), and special-purpose authorities (Swatara Township Authority, Capital Region Water, Cromwell Fire District). Capital Region Water appears across multiple recent solicitations spanning 2025 and 2026 for system improvements, maintenance, and equipment procurement. Geographic activity concentrates in Pennsylvania (multiple Dauphin, Allegheny, and Erie County authorities; Bucks County; Schuylkill County), Massachusetts (multiple towns including Needham, Braintree, Rutland, Scituate, Yarmouth), Connecticut (Meriden, Bristol, Cromwell), Florida (Polk County, Orange County, Citrus County), Georgia (Jones County, Brunswick-Glynn County), and Utah (Salt Lake City). Representative recent opportunities include: Greenville County, South Carolina's RFP for fire sprinkler, fire alarm, and underground fire-service line work at the Tigerville Fire Department (responses due October 16, 2026); the Town of Needham Department of Public Works' IFB for miscellaneous water and sewer supplies including brass fittings, ductile iron pipe, and hydrants (bids due November 5, 2026); Dracut Water Supply District's sealed bids for the Well 4 Replacement Well Project including pump installation and piping (filed sub-bids due November 5, 2026, general bids due November 12, 2026); Capital Region Water's IFB for the 2027 Sewer System Improvements Project on a unit-price basis (bids due October 27, 2026); and the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works' sealed bid for Water Contract 1463 encompassing urgent water infrastructure rehabilitation and improvements in Phase III for FY27, requiring prequalification in Category B02551 for cost range $5 million to $10 million and carrying MBE 12 percent and WBE 5 percent goals (bids due October 7, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.). Prevailing wage requirements under state public works laws apply to most large-dollar projects in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts; federal compliance obligations including Davis-Bacon Act, Build America Buy America Act, and American Iron and Steel Act provisions apply to EPA-funded projects such as the Waterford Municipal Authority's Lead Service Line Replacement and Meriden's tank rehabilitation. Multiple opportunities reflect infrastructure aging and regulatory drivers, particularly for PFAS treatment, lead service line replacement, system rehabilitation, and capacity expansion.