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NAICS 237110 water and sewer line construction obligations

Federal contracts tagged NAICS 237110, Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction, show $5.9 billion in USAspending.gov obligations on SpendingVault. The aggregate is $5,925,455,316.64 across 3,154 awards, about $1.9 million per award. The code is civil construction of water and sewer lines and related structures, not electric power distribution and not architectural design. Dollars are obligations, not outlays; assistance without NAICS is excluded.

Key figures

  • NAICS 237110 water and sewer construction shows $5.9 billion obligated.
  • 3,154 awards average about $1.9 million in the USAspending extract.
  • The code is civil construction, not electric distribution or architecture.
  • Figures are contract obligations, not outlays, miles, or grant totals.

Pipes and related structures as a construction tag

NAICS 237110 covers water and sewer line and related structures construction. Contracting officers assign it when that civil work is the principal purpose. Industrial building construction (236210) measures buildings. Electric power distribution (221122) measures a utility-service class. This $5,925,455,316.64 is the water-and-sewer construction slice.

Three thousand one hundred fifty-four awards produced a mean of about $1.9 million. That average can mix a short line replacement with a treatment-related structure vehicle. The packet does not count miles of pipe, gallons, or plants. Those engineering measures are outside the industry aggregate.

Related structures in the Census title can include pumping and treatment structures when the officer treats them as part of this class. This guide does not split lines from plants because the packet does not.

Civil-construction NAICS codes split water-and-sewer lines from industrial buildings and from electric distribution. Water and sewer line and related structures construction (237110) holds $5,925,455,316.64 on 3,154 awards, about $1.9 million per award. Industrial buildings are 236210. Electric power distribution is 221122. Architectural services are 541310. This $5.9 billion is the water-and-sewer construction tag.

Civil-works obligations versus progress payments

Line-construction contracts often obligate a large share at award and pay on progress. Outlays trail obligations on open trenches. Treating $5.9 billion as pipe already in the ground and paid would overstate cash.

The 3,154-award count is not a project-site count. Multiple segments can sit inside one award. Dividing dollars by awards is not a cost per mile.

Grants and neighboring infrastructure codes

State revolving-fund grants and other water assistance often lack NAICS and do not enter $5,925,455,316.64 even when the project is a sewer line. Architectural services (541310) measure design, not this build tag.

A design-build water job will carry one principal NAICS. Only 237110-tagged actions sit in this total.

State revolving-fund grants and other water assistance often lack NAICS and do not enter this total even when the project is a sewer line. This hub is tagged contract construction, not a complete national water-infrastructure ledger.

How to use the 237110 hub

Read $5.9 billion and 3,154 awards as the water-and-sewer construction tag, then rank 237/236 codes on the all-industries index. Open the water and sewer line and related structures construction industry page for rows.

This guide does not add miles or gallons because they are not in the facts object.

Classification limits

Water work can be tagged 237110 or a broader heavy-construction NAICS. SpendingVault reports the tagged 237110 sum, not a reconstructed national water-infrastructure ledger.

Extract updates will move $5,925,455,316.64 and 3,154 with USAspending.

How to read line-construction dollars without inventing miles

No miles-of-pipe or gallons field appears in the packet facts. The usable coordinates are $5.9 billion obligated and 3,154 awards. Dividing those figures is not a cost per mile.

Open the water and sewer line and related structures construction industry page for award-level fields. Rank 237/236 codes on the all-industries index. Cite USAspending.gov. Obligations remain distinct from outlays on open trenches. Related structures in the Census title can include pumping and treatment structures when the officer treats them as part of this class; this packet does not split lines from plants.

Water and sewer construction at $5,925,455,316.64 on 3,154 awards is a civil-line tag. The mean of about $1.9 million is not a cost per mile. Miles of pipe and gallons treated are not in the packet. Industrial buildings and electric distribution are different classes.

State revolving-fund grants often lack NAICS and stay outside this $5.9 billion. Open the water and sewer line and related structures construction industry page for award-level fields. Cite USAspending.gov. Progress payments on open trenches mean obligations can exceed cash already paid. Related structures in the Census title can include pumping and treatment structures when the officer treats them as part of this class.

Three thousand one hundred fifty-four water-and-sewer construction awards at $5,925,455,316.64 are civil-works contracts. Miles of pipe are not in the packet, so $1.9 million is not a unit cost per mile. Industrial buildings and electric distribution are other classes. Revolving-fund grants often omit NAICS. Open the industry page. Cite USAspending.gov. Open trenches explain obligation-versus-cash gaps.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 237110?
Water and sewer line and related structures construction contracts in USAspending show $5,925,455,316.64 in obligations across 3,154 awards. That is a civil-construction tag, not electric distribution and not architectural services. The figure is obligations, not outlays. Assistance without NAICS is excluded.
What is the average water-and-sewer construction award?
Dividing $5,925,455,316.64 by 3,154 awards yields about $1.9 million. That mean is not a cost per mile of pipe. Short replacements and larger related-structure vehicles share the average. The packet does not publish miles, gallons, or a median. The industry page lists award-level amounts; this packet has no miles or gallons field to convert $1.9 million into an engineering unit cost.
Does this include EPA water grants?
Usually no. Assistance awards often omit NAICS and therefore do not enter $5.9 billion. This aggregate is built from contract awards tagged 237110. Program pages are the better surface for grant-funded water projects. Program pages remain the better surface for grant-funded water projects that never received NAICS 237110.
Is this the same as industrial building construction?
No. Industrial building construction is NAICS 236210. NAICS 237110 is water and sewer line and related structures construction. The $5.9 billion here does not include 236210 dollars. Use each construction industry page for its tagged total. Use the 236210 hub for industrial buildings and this hub for water-and-sewer line construction.

NAICS from USAspending contract awards. Assistance awards may not carry NAICS.