How did Water Supply move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Water Supply and Irrigation Systems held #117 of 499 ranked industries (HELD); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.099% to 0.093%. Its position in the field did not change.

How heavy is Water Supply within UTIL?

Sector 22 (Utilities) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Water Supply and Irrigation Systems ranks #2 of 10 classified industries there (WEIGHTY), taking 23.9% of $2.9B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 221310 · Utilities

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

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Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 221310 in Utilities.

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CY2024 awards: $699.0M
Corpus rank: #117 of 499
Award plate: MID
Sector: UTIL · WEIGHTY

Water Supply federal industry awards

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (NAICS 221310) ranks #117 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $699.0M.

Water Supply takes 23.9% of UTIL sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Water Supply and Irrigation Systems’s annual contract dollars rose from $598.1M in 2023 to $699.0M in 2024. 16.9% vs 2023

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems annual contract dollars, calendar 2019-2024

Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.

Source: USAspending.gov spending_by_category

How Water Supply leads the CY2024 industry award board

$699.0M · #117 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.

$699.0M under NAICS 221310 · #117 of 499 , MID · UTIL · WEIGHTY · HELD. 2019→2024: 117→117 of 499 (0.099%→0.093% of tracked industry dollars) ; #2/10 in UTIL. Its position in the field did not change. Nearest ABS peer: All Other Miscellaneous Fabrica… at $699.7M (MID).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 221310 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its UTIL sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.

Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mega-scale industry peers nationwide

Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.

Closest CY2024 award dollars

All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Produc… $699.7M
Investigation $693.2M
Ambulance Services $683.3M
Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Con… $719.4M
Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors $722.0M
Apparel Accessories $729.4M

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Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Compiled from USAspending.gov by the PlainFedContract editorial process.

Compiled by PlainFedContract, Government Agencies Editorial Process · August 14, 2026

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