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The City of Houston Public Works and Engineering Department provides many of the basic services that affect the daily lives of everyone who lives and works in Houston. Primarily, the department is responsible for all the things we take for granted on a daily basis: the administration, planning, maintenance, construction management and technical engineering of the City's infrastructure. This includes the production and distribution of over 146 billion gallons of water per year and the treatment of over 90 billion gallons per year of wastewater. That is enough to fill the Astrodome four times per day with fresh water and over twice per day with wastewater. It also includes the maintenance of the City's over 16,000 lane miles of streets, over 60,000 stormwater manholes, over 100,000 stormwater inlets, over 900,000 street name and traffic control signs, over 17,000 freeway and under bridge light fixtures, over 50,000 fire hydrants and traffic signals at over 2,000 intersections.
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2012 CIP Public Meetings Start Next Week
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PWE eDocument Center Upgrade
Recently the Web Services Branch performed an upgrade to the Document Center for security purposes. Some documents may have changed locations. Please update your bookmarks. If you cannot find a document Use the Search Document feature in the Document Center or please contact publicworks.webmaster@houstontx.gov.
Mayor Parker Rescinds Water Shortage Measures
Mandatory water conservation measures imposed last summer have been lifted, however, all water customers are strongly encouraged to practice and further develop water conservation efforts.
Ike Recovery Round 2.2
The City of Houston (City), will apply to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery (DR) Program for Hurricane Ike Round 2, Phase 2. GLO was designated by Governor Rick Perry as the responsible entity to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the grant administration of the CDBG DR funding.
Houston's Safe Drinking Water
Recent media stories have raised questions over the quality of the water you drink. The City of Houston takes these matters seriously. However, the issue raised is limited only to a small number of isolated groundwater wells that were built by Municipal Utility Districts which were inherited by the City through annexation.
City of Houston Earns Water Fluoridation Quality Award
"The Texas Department of State Health Services is pleased to announce that the City of Houston has been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This award recognizes those communities in Texas that maintained a consistent level of optimally fluoridated water throughout 2009. This award was based on your submittal of the monthly fluoridation reports to the Texas Fluoridation Project."
- Texas Fluoridation Project
Public Works Divisions
Engineering and Construction Division
The Engineering and Construction Division is responsible for the implementation of all design and construction infrastructure projects in the city's adopted five year capital improvement plan (CIP).
Planning and Development Services Division
The Planning and Development Services Division is responsible for capital improvement planning, utility system planning, real estate sales and acquisitions, and the building and sign permitting and inspection process. PDSD also houses the Office of the City Engineer.
The Public Utilities Division consists of approximately 1475 drinking water and wastewater professionals including engineers, scientists, and facility operations and maintenance personnel. The City of Houston Water and Wastewater Utility is a regulated public health agency governed by federal and state laws.
The Resource Management Division is responsible for managing, monitoring and control of the Department's finances.
The Street and Drainage Division is responsible for the safe operating condition of city streets and bridges, drainage ditches and storm sewers, and vehicle maintenance.
The Traffic Operations Division (TOD), headquartered at 611 Walker St., is responsible for overseeing the transportation infrastructure that spans Houston's 640 square miles and 6,000 center lane miles of streets.
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Public Works Programs
About The Director
Daniel W. Krueger, P.E., Director
Daniel W. Krueger assumed duties as Public Works & Engineering
Director on July 28, 2010, upon City Council’s confirmation of appointment by
Mayor Annise Parker. As Director, he is responsible for overseeing the
Department’s services to Houston citizens through the planning, operation,
maintenance, construction management and technical engineering of the City's
public infrastructure. The Department’s responsibilities include operation and
maintenance of the City’s streets and drainage, production and distribution of
water, collection and treatment of wastewater, and permitting and regulation of
public and private construction. The Department is staffed with a trained work
force of approximately 3,900 employees and operates with an annual budget of
approximately $1.2 billion.
Contact the Department
Department of Public Works and Engineering
611 Walker
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 832.395.2511
E-Mail:
pwe.director@houstontx.gov
- 311 Service Request for Revaluation of Street Scoring
- Construction Advertisement Forecast
- Chasewood Community Information
- Consumer Confidence Water Quality Report
- Current Advertised Construction Bid Sets
- Daily Water Supply Monitor
- DPC Status Level
- Engineering Documents
- Flood Plain Documents
- Houston's Storm Water Management Program (SWMP)
- Joint Referral Committee
- Online Permits
- Online Water Meter Form
- Professional Services Selection
- Public Works Summer Camp
- ReBuild Houston
- Report Street Light Outage
- School to Work
- Street Cut Permits
- Street Assessment Map
- Traffic Engineering Permits
- Traffic Signal Timing Optimization
- Water and Sewer Rates
- Water / Wastewater Bill Payment
