Yonkers Contracting Awarded Contract
To Build $172.8M Rye Lake Filtration Plant
MAMARONECK, NY—On Aug. 12, the Board of Trustees of the Westchester Joint Water Works approved a $172,761,500 contract with Yonkers Contracting Company, Inc., to construct the Rye Lake Filtration Plant in Harrison, NY.
Yonkers Contracting (YCC) was the lowest of seven bidders for the project with its apparent low bid of $172,511,500. The approved contract also includes a bid alternate of $250,000 for an extended warranty on a key piece of equipment, bringing the total awarded by the WJWW Board of Trustees to $172,761,500. YCC’s low bid was in line with engineer’s estimates, WJWW officials stated.
After securing title earlier this year on property formerly owned by Westchester County adjacent to Westchester County Airport at 4441 Purchase St. in Harrison, WJWW completed site clearing work (performed by ELQ Industries of New Rochelle) on the 5.7-acre parcel. Shortly thereafter, on April 21, 2025, WJWW announced the bid for a contract to build the 80,000sf Rye Lake Water Filtration Plant.
Later that month, WJWW entered into a Project Labor Agreement with the local building trades on the three-story filtration plant project (two stories above ground, one-story below grade). The filtration plant’s footprint totals 37,360sf (nearly one-acre). The PLA will be signed by YCC as the general contractor and later by WJWW. The PLA has already been signed by the Building & Construction Trades Council of Westchester & Putnam Counties, Inc.
By John Jordan
Published: August 13, 2025