Follow the Money

WEST 9TH AND 12TH STREETS WATER AND WASTEWATER RENEWAL

UNDERGROUND WATER SOLUTIONS CO.

NominalComplete — fully paid

Construction

This is a construction contract with UNDERGROUND WATER SOLUTIONS CO. to deliver “WEST 9TH AND 12TH STREETS WATER AND WASTEWATER RENEWAL”. The city authorized spending up to $2,040,960, and $2,140,626 has been paid so far (105% of the ceiling).

Authorized (spending ceiling)

$2,040,960

Ordered / committed

$2,040,960 (100%)

Actually paid

$2,140,626 (105%)

from 46 checks in the city checkbook

Contract record lists $1,854,804 in its delivery-order field — understates actual checks.

Timeline

Jun 17, 2021 → —

Kicked off Sep 21, 2021 · last check Jul 29, 2024

Why this status?

No expiration date on record — timeline signals can't be computed.

These are transparent signals, not judgments. A large unspent balance may be a legitimate multi-year ceiling or indefinite-delivery contract.

Payments on this contract

46 checkbook lines totaling $2,140,626 are booked directly against this contract — this is the amount actually paid.

The contract’s own record lists $1,854,804 in its “delivery-order referenced” field — a $285,822 understatement. That field only counts payments made through delivery orders, so we treat the checkbook total above as the real amount paid.

Where the money came fromEnterprise (fee-supported) · 100%

Enterprise (fee-supported) · S-Wastewater Improvements, W-Water Improvements$2,140,626 (100%)

Funding source is read from the fund each check was drawn on. It tells you who is accountable: voters & Council for bond/general-capital money, ratepayers & utility commissions for enterprise money, Council for the General Fund.

What the money paid for

Construction, Pipeline$2,140,626 (100%)

Grouped from the city’s own line-item descriptions. Vague or generic labels are themselves a transparency signal worth questioning.

See all 46 individual checks

DateAmountProject / fundWhat forStatus

Jul 29, 2024$39,599West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jul 29, 2024$67,433West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Feb 29, 2024$55,719West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Feb 29, 2024$123,072West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Oct 20, 2023$20,473West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Oct 20, 2023$8,441West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Sep 8, 2023$91,552West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Sep 8, 2023$45,906West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Aug 16, 2023$145,884West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Aug 16, 2023$52,240West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jun 27, 2023$49,203West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jun 27, 2023$89,180West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

May 19, 2023$36,602West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

May 19, 2023$163,875West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Apr 28, 2023$2,318West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Apr 28, 2023$71,595West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Apr 5, 2023$88West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Apr 5, 2023$50,314West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Mar 21, 2023$45,124West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Mar 21, 2023$12,046West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jan 24, 2023$6,566West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jan 20, 2023$38,384West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jan 20, 2023$5,979West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Nov 22, 2022$6,220West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Nov 22, 2022$24,172West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Oct 21, 2022$37,240West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Oct 21, 2022$28,479West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Sep 23, 2022$44,902West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Sep 23, 2022$93,136West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Aug 11, 2022$37,982West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Aug 11, 2022$53,798West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jul 22, 2022$6,163West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jul 22, 2022$27,235West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Apr 20, 2022$1,997West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Apr 20, 2022$6,322West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Mar 22, 2022$753West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Mar 22, 2022$20,832West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Feb 28, 2022$3,370West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jan 25, 2022$28,630West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Jan 25, 2022$33,867West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Dec 22, 2021$156,398West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Dec 22, 2021$16,177West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Dec 7, 2021$53,934West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Dec 7, 2021$216,178West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Sep 21, 2021$7,437West 9th Street Wastewater ReplacementS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Sep 21, 2021$13,812West 9th Street Water ReplacementW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, PipelinePaid

Linked via the contract number appearing as a payment’s source document (rf_doc_id = 21061600676) in the Austin checkbook. See all payments to this vendor →

Accountability

Administered by

Contract and Land Management Department

Delivered by (1 firm)

UNDERGROUND WATER SOLUTIONS CO.

We couldn’t automatically match this contract to a City Council vote (the voting-record dataset starts in 2023, and older or consent-agenda items may not match by name). Most contracts are approved collectively on the Council consent agenda — so accountability runs through the managing department above and the Council vote on the award date, not an individual sponsor.

Documents & oversight

Contract type

Direct contract — billed against this contract number.

Find the solicitation package on Austin Finance Online →

Search solicitation CLMC842 (IFB) to open the original scope of work, bid documents, and the executed contract.

Assessing delivery vs. commitment: Austin doesn’t publish structured project milestones, so we can’t auto-verify that the work matches the contract. What we can do is show what the money was invoiced for (above) and link the approved scope — then, where it matters, dispatch a Spotter to confirm the work on the ground. Contracts whose purpose is well-documented vs. vague is exactly the signal that tells us where to look first.

Source & provenance

Contract number 21061600676 (CT) · Department 6100 · Managed by Contract and Land Management Department · Competitive Acquisition
From snapshot 2026-07-28.

Austin Active Contracts dataset (84ih-p28j) →