Sundt Construction

Contract award is part of a $1,45B program of region-wide program to upgrade the city's Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, its largest.

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$1.45-BILLION PROJECT BUDGET

The Nutrient Reduction Project includes an estimated $600 million in direct construction costs to upgrade San Francisco’s largest wastewater treatment facility.

NEW BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL SYSTEM

The project will retrofit the plant’s existing high-purity oxygen activated sludge system, add biological nutrient removal and modify existing aeration basins.

REGIONWIDE NUTRIENT REDUCTION MANDATE

The Southeast Treatment Plant is one of 40 Bay Area municipal facilities required to meet nutrient discharge reduction targets under the region’s 2024 Nutrient Watershed Permit.

FOUR YEARS OF PRECONSTRUCTION

The 13-year Jacobs-PCL contract provides four years for preconstruction, with environmental review and commission approval required before construction can…