Department of Public Works & Utilities

The City of Pittsfield has provided through this web site, some helpful information regarding the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Public Works & Utilities.  We have included many links that we hope to be both helpful and informative.

Our Mission

The Department of Public Works & Utilities provides essential services to the 42,000+ citizens of the City of Pittsfield.  We operate on a 24 hour basis with pagers and night staffing. 

Our primary areas of responsibility include the operation and maintenance of:

Drinking Water System

• 6 drinking water reservoirs
• water treatment plants (Cleveland and Ashley)
• 241 miles of water distribution pipes
• 2 flow control stations
• 5 pumping stations
• 4 water storage tanks

Streets

• 180 miles of accepted streets
• 24 Miles of unaccepted streets
• sidewalks
• City bridges
• Traffic signs and signal systems
• Weed harvesting program on local lakes
• Public Shade trees

Sanitary Sewer System

• 182 miles of sewer pipes
• 6 sewer pump stations
• 28.7 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Industrial pretreatment program

Storm Water Drainage System

• 80 miles of drainage pipes
• catch basins and outfalls

Engineering

• Planning, design and construction management of City projects
• Infrastructure record keeping
• Permits for water, sewer and storm water connections and repairs, driveways, and water meters
• Tax maps
• GIS services for all divisions. – Pending

Vehicle Maintenance

• 200 City vehicles excluding Fire Dept. and Police Dept. 

Administration

• Supports all DPW and DPU Divisions
• Maintains parking permit accounts for municipal parking areas
• Maintains about 16,000 water and sewer billing accounts
• Administers the contract for residential curbside trash and recycling collection
• Administers the contract with Covanta/Pittsfield Resource Recovery Plant
• Oversees environmental monitoring of City owned landfills (closed)
• Issues snow emergencies.

The City employs 77 full-time employees in the Department of Public Works & Utilities.