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WaterPlus

The Department of Utilities in 2021 launched Water+, a program designed to help ensure safe, high-quality drinking water supply for customers.

The program will also help protect long-term drinking water reliability, resiliency to climate change and help meet future water demands of the City of Sacramento.

Water+ has several goals, which include:

  • Improving water treatment methods to meet changing water quality in the Sacramento and American rivers as well as changing drinking water regulations.
  • Improving the safety and reliability of the City’s surface water treatment plants -- the E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant and the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant.
  • Providing consistent drinking water treatment and distribution to City customers.
  • Increasing water treatment supply and capacity to meet future water demands.

The program will replace and expand aging facilities, improve water treatment methods to be safer and more environmentally friendly and make overall system improvements.

Environmental Impact Report

The Water Plus program's Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is now available. All written comments received during the public review period of the Draft EIR (June 20 through August 4, 2025) are addressed in this Final EIR. During the public review period, the City received a total of five (5) comment letters from agencies, organizations and individuals. The responses in this Final EIR clarify and correct portions of the Draft EIR, where appropriate.

Additional environmental documents related to this project are available on the City's Environmental Planning webpage and include the Notice of Availability of Draft EIR and the Draft Environmental Impact Report.

For questions regarding this program or the Final EIR, please e-mail the project team at WaterPlus@CityofSacramento.org.

Next steps: Treatment Plants Resiliency and Improvement Project

The first phase of Water+ includes the Treatment Plants Resiliency and Improvements Project, which will help improve the long-term safety, reliability and resiliency of the City’s water supply, and address several issues defined in the City’s 2035 General Plan.

The project will feature several water treatment improvements, including:

  • Replacing aging infrastructure and facilities that are reaching the end of their useful lives
  • Improvements to the treatment process at both water treatment facilities
  • A new Sacramento River water intake structure and new pipelines to the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant
  • Improvements to water transmission and distribution systems near the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant
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Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant project area

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E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant project area

The project will be designed and constructed in multiple phases. With the release of the Water Final EIR in early 2026, design of the Treatment Plants Resiliency and Improvements Project is anticipated to move forward in mid-2026, with construction starting as early as 2027 on some elements. More details about construction timing and impacts will be provided on this page prior to work beginning.

Contact us

For questions about Water, email WaterPlus@CityofSacramento.org or call 916-808-1873.

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