A ConstructConnect alternative for water engineers
Project databases show projects. This shows the EPA and TWDB records near you: PFAS results, wastewater enforcement orders and drinking-water project list rows, each linked to its source. Try it with your ZIP.
Side by side
| Tool | Price | What it does | For a water and wastewater firm |
|---|---|---|---|
| utilitydocket | $399/mo per office territory; $199/mo for founding firms. Monthly, no contract. | UCMR 5 PFAS results, ECHO enforcement orders, TWDB project list rows and SDWIS violations within a radius of your office. | No RFQs, bid documents or award results. Only Texas has all four sources. |
| ConstructConnect | Starter $129/mo for 1 market (bidding projects only). Professional from $199/mo per market, per seat, annual contract required. Premium from $10,000/yr. (constructconnect.com/pricing, checked Nov 7, 2026) | Construction project leads with plans, specs and contacts across all trades. | Its plan pages list bidding and planning projects. We found no mention of UCMR 5 PFAS results, ECHO enforcement orders or the TWDB priority list, and no sorting of those records by distance from your office. |
| Dodge Construction Network | Not published. SelectHub lists "$300/User, Monthly" (a third-party figure, not Dodge's own price). (selecthub.com, checked Nov 7, 2026) | Planning-to-bid project intelligence. | Same gap for these records. Priced per user. |
| Deltek GovWin IQ | Not published. Vendr shows a median of $20,577/yr across all Deltek products (range $9,546–$70,000, 35 purchases, updated Feb 2026). (vendr.com/marketplace/deltek, checked Nov 7, 2026) | Pre-RFP government opportunity tracking. | Built for procurement tracking, not water-quality or enforcement records. |
| GovSpend | Vendr median $11,576/yr (range $7,900–$49,470, 37 purchases, updated Feb 2026). (vendr.com/marketplace/gov-spend, checked Nov 7, 2026) | Government purchasing and bid data. | Shows what was bought, not EPA records. |
| BidNet Direct | $599/yr for 1 state, $1,199/yr for 3, $1,999/yr national (from civiciq.com's Aug 2026 review; BidNet's own page returned 403 to us). (civiciq.com review, Aug 2026, checked Nov 7, 2026) | Open bid notices from member agencies. | Shows RFQs once they exist, and only for member agencies. |
| CivCast | Free for vendors to view and download. (civcastusa.com, checked Nov 7, 2026) | Where many Texas MUDs and cities post bids and RFQs. | Free and good for live RFQs. It shows nothing before an RFQ is posted. |
| EPA and TWDB tools (UCMR 5 Data Finder, ECHO, Envirofacts, the TWDB IUP PDF) | Free. (epa.gov, twdb.texas.gov, checked Nov 7, 2026) | The raw records we use. | Doing it yourself means joining four sources by PWS ID and distance by hand. |
What they do better
- Bid documents, plans and specs.
- All trades, not only water and wastewater.
- National coverage of projects.
Where we fall short
- No RFQs, bid documents or award results.
- Only Texas has all four sources.
- We don't know who a utility's engineer is.
- UCMR 5 is final, so new items come mostly from ECHO.
What only these records show
Real rows from the Dallas sample. Each one links to its EPA or TWDB record; in the tool it also shows the administrator on file.
- 29 mi
CITY OF TERRELLTX1290006
CITY OF TERRELL (TX1290006): highest single UCMR 5 result 10.4 ppt PFOS on Sep 20, 2023, at sample point Entry Point to Dist. System (EP001), North Texas MWD Intertie; 3 of 8 PFOA/PFOS results were above 4.0 ppt. The next sample at that point (Oct 26, 2023) was 8.9 ppt. SDWIS lists its primary source as surface water purchased.
10.4 pptHighest single PFOS result - 46 mi
VAN ALSTYNE, CITY OFTX0026883
ECHO lists a State CWA Penalty AO, penalty $249,687, state-led, dated Oct 14, 2026, for CITY OF VAN ALSTYNE WWTP (TX0026883), permittee VAN ALSTYNE, CITY OF, VAN ALSTYNE. It has 2 formal actions in the window.
$249,687Penalty listed - about47 mi
Wolfe City17265
Wolfe City is on TWDB's SFY 2027 Drinking Water SRF project priority list (PIF 17265, rank 53 of 431), requesting planning, design and construction for a project with a total cost of $10,954,000.00.
$10,954,000.00Total project cost
Rows from the Dallas sample (75201 + 100 mi), engine run of Nov 7, 2026. In the tool each row also shows the administrator on file in SDWIS.
Price
Founding firms pay $199/mo, about the price of one ConstructConnect Professional market-seat (from $199/mo per market, per seat, annual contract), without the annual contract.