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Public Works Department
One DesCombes Drive
Broomfield, CO  80020
(303) 438-6360

After-hours Emergencies: 303-438-6400

Alan King
Director of Public Works
303-438-6362
aking@broomfield.org

Hydrant flushing in Broomfield residential area

Mission Statement

Striving to enhance the quality of the environment and quality of life for citizens through implementing innovative technologies, improving and maintaining the community's water, wastewater, surface water, streets, parks, facilities, open space, cemeteries, and fleet resources in order to provide reliable, efficient, and excellent services.

 

Public Works employs over 150 full- and part-time staff with an annual operating budget exceeding $30 million. Public Works also administers numerous capital projects involving streets, parks, water, and sewer.

  Department includes: 

  • Environmental Services - Administers lab operations for water and wastewater monitoring; responds to drinking water questions and complaints; administers recycling and Household Hazardous Waste programs; monitors Rocky Flats issues  303-438-6363

  • Fleet Maintenance - Purchases and maintains City & County vehicles and equipment; provides waste oil collection program for Broomfield residents  303-438-6336

  • Facility Maintenance - Maintains and repairs all City0owned facilities; provides custodial staff for City facilities

  • Street Operations - Is responsible for over 200 miles of roadway, including maintenance and repair; snow and ice control; traffic control (signing, painting, and signal maintenance); street cleaning; street lighting; ditch and surface channel cleaning  303-438-6334

  • Park Operations - Is responsible for approx. 4,600 acres of park, traffic islands and parkways, and open space areas; maintains turf and landscaped areas; operates irrigation systems; maintains ball fields, playground equipment, and play areas  303-438-6334

  • Water and Wastewater Utility Operations - Maintains and repairs over 300 miles of water mains; inspects and services 5,300 fire hydrants; maintains four water booster stations, one chlorine station, five water storage facilities; installs and maintains water meters; manages water line replacement projects; maintains and repairs 210 miles of outfall mains and interceptors in the sewer collection system and 10 sewer lift stations; maintains and repairs 3,500 sewer collection manholes  303-438-6334

  • Water Treatment - Is responsible for the delivery of raw water from Carter Lake to Glasser Reservoir and on to the treatment plant; administers the delivery of treated water to the City's water storage tanks and end users; operates a 20-million-gallon-per-day (MGD) water treatment plant and a 12-MGD reuse treatment facility; monitors and operates reuse system including supply ditches, Great Western Reservoir, and treatment facility  303-464-5600

  • Wastewater Treatment - Consists of Treatment, Water Reuse Treatment, Biosolids Reuse program, Industrial Pretreatment program and Stormwater; treats domestic, industrial, and commercial sewage and other wastewater to acceptable quality prior to discharge; operates and maintains an 8-MGD biological nutrient removal activated sludge treatment facility and a 6-MGD reuse water treatment facility; monitors industrial discharges into the wastewater system to enforce local, state, and federal regulations; administers stormwater permit regulation  303-438-6339

  • Water Supply Planning and Development - Purchases raw water; administers water leases; develops raw water infrastructures such as reservoirs, pipelines and pump stations  303-438-6366

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