Jacobs (NYSE: J) has been selected by the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust (OCWUT) to provide operations and maintenance services for the city’s wastewater facilities and solids management programme, under a contract lasting five and a half years.
The agreement covers services supporting Oklahoma City and six neighbouring communities. Under the contract, Jacobs will operate and maintain four wastewater treatment facilities with a combined treatment capacity of more than 110 million gallons per day, along with a regional pump station and associated solids management programmes, including biosolids disposal and septage receiving services.
Alberto Lazaro, Senior Vice President at Jacobs, said Oklahoma City, as one of the region’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas, faces increasing demand on its wastewater infrastructure. He said the company would integrate operational insight, asset management and digital capabilities to support reliable day-to-day performance while helping OCWUT prioritise investment, strengthen regulatory compliance and manage its infrastructure over the long term.
Jacobs said it would introduce enhanced maintenance practices and data informed planning intended to improve operations and asset reliability, and to help inform the utility’s capital improvement priorities
The contract builds on an existing relationship between Jacobs and OCWUT. Jacobs said it would introduce enhanced maintenance practices and data-informed planning intended to improve operations and asset reliability, and to help inform the utility’s capital improvement priorities.
Chris Browning, General Manager and Utilities Department Director at OCWUT, said Jacobs had been a trusted partner to Oklahoma City Utilities for many years and that the trust looked forward to continuing the relationship as it plans for the future of its wastewater system.
The contract adds to Jacobs’ broader water and wastewater operations and maintenance portfolio, which also includes work in Duncan, Oklahoma; Jackson, Mississippi; Pampa, Stephenville and San Marcos, Texas; Wilmington, Delaware; The Villages, Florida; and what the company describes as the largest water recycling system in Southern California.
