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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WHAT WE DO: CORE SERVICES

Public Works manages the infrastructure that supports daily life in Southlake: water
distribution and quality, wastewater collection, streets and drainage, traffic operations,
storm water management, facility maintenance, and capital project delivery.

01 Water Distribution & Quality 02 Wastewater Collection City Department Overview
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Operates and maintains more than 300 miles of water Maintains more than 200 miles of wastewater collection
mains delivering safe, reliable drinking water throughout infrastructure, 12 lift stations, and 4,170+ manholes,
the community. The division holds TCEQ’s Superior Public conveying more than 2.1 million gallons per day to two
Water System designation and is supplied by the City of Trinity River Authority treatment facilities — Denton Creek
Fort Worth through two transmission pipelines with 21 and Central. Operations include preventive maintenance,
million gallons of storage capacity across seven tanks. The CCTV inspections, line cleaning, and emergency response
system supports fire protection citywide through more to protect public health, maintain system reliability, and
than 3,000 hydrants, 7,000 valves, and five emergency prevent sanitary sewer overflows.
interconnects with neighboring utilities.

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03 Streets & Traffic 04 Environmental Compliance
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The Streets division maintains more than 400 miles of
City streets through a data-driven pavement management Serves as the City’s primary liaison with environmental
program and responds to roadway, drainage, and erosion agencies, overseeing regulatory compliance across water,
concerns. The Traffic division manages City-owned signals, wastewater, and storm water operations. Responsibilities
signage, pavement markings, and school zone systems — include administration of the full MS4 Storm Water
coordinating with TxDOT on state roadways — with assets Management Program, drinking water compliance
including 7 traffic signals, 38 crosswalk flashers, 37 school monitoring, water conservation, backflow prevention,
zone flashers, and more than 6,300 signs. wastewater pretreatment, and all associated regulatory
reporting — ensuring the City meets federal, state, and local
environmental standards across every area of Public Works
operations.

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05 Engineering & Capital Project 06 Storm Water Management
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Delivery
Manages infrastructure projects from planning and design Maintains the City’s MS4 storm water system and ensures
through construction and closeout, overseeing capital federal and state permit compliance, with Certified
delivery, engineering review, development coordination, Floodplain Managers on staff for floodplain administration
and consultant management. Public Works inspectors and engineering review of development drainage plans.
ensure all public infrastructure — whether built through The in-house operations maintenance program covers
City CIP projects or private development — meets required over 2,700 curb inlets, 1,100+ area drains, nearly 600
standards before acceptance, with engineering staff storm manholes, 110+ miles of storm pipe, and 13 miles of
coordinating closely with operations to align projects with box culverts through regular inspections, debris removal,
long-term infrastructure needs. vegetation control, and small repairs.

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07 Facilities Services 08 Solid Waste Contract Oversight

Maintains approximately 880,380 square feet of physical Manages the City’s trash and recycling contract with
plant across 23 City facilities, supporting reliable Community Waste Disposal (CWD), ensuring consistent,
public operations, employee safety, and long-term high-quality collection services for residents and businesses.
asset preservation. Responsibilities include preventive Responsibilities include contract monitoring, compliance,
maintenance, repairs, facility improvements, and building- service verification, customer issue resolution, and
system oversight — ensuring City facilities remain safe, community communication — serving as the primary point
functional, and cost-effective throughout their lifecycle. of contact between the City, the contracted hauler, and the
public.

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