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Public Works –

Wastewater

Collection Division

Mission Statement

The mission of the wastewater collection division is to provide the most effective wastewater system by maintaining
compliance with state and national agencies, preforming routine preventive maintenance, reduce inflow/infiltration and
the repair and replacement of sewer mains and service lines while providing world class customer service to our
citizens.
Department Overview

• Maintain 113 miles of sewer mains.
• Maintain compliance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) regulations in monitoring
and reporting overflows.
• Perform preventive maintenance flushing of sewer mains to reduce blockages.
• Replace and repair sewer mains and service lines.
• Perform video inspections to locate deficiencies for repair or replacement.
• Perform manhole and main line inspections to identify and repair inflow infiltration.
• Inspect grease and grit traps to ensure customers are in compliance with City ordinances.
• Provide world class customer service to citizens.
Highlights/Achievements for FY2023

• Performed preventative flushing of sewer mains to prevent blockages and unauthorized sewage bypass.
• Video inspections, manhole inspections for inflow/infiltration.
• Repaired and replaced numerous customer sewer service lines in streets and rights-of-way.
• Inspected grease traps to ensure compliance with City Ordinance # 1060 to prevent Biochemical Oxygen
Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) as well as unauthorized discharge.
• Quarterly BOD/TSS sampling.

Goals/Objectives for FY2024

• Continue video inspections, manhole inspections for inflow/infiltration and preventative maintenance flushing
of sewer mains to unstop and prevent sewer main blockages as well as locate problem areas and repair as
necessary.
• Major problem areas will be listed for inclusion in the Capital Improvement Plan.
• Grease traps will be inspected monthly to ensure compliance with City Ordinances.
• Continue to repair or replace old, deteriorated sewer mains.
• Staffing recruitment and retention.
• Continue to provide world class customer service.

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