The Wastewater Department provides around-the-clock treatment of an average of 329,357,000 million gallons of wastewater each year, all in accordance with State and Federal Standards. The department services the city in the following ways:
- Transports bio-solids as fertilizer to area farms
- Conducts monitoring and lab tests to assure compliance with State and Federal Environmental Quality laws
- Services and maintains 16 pumping stations
- Maintains and repairs 1560 Miles of sewer line, which includes 305 Manholes
- Provides information on City owned sewers and responds to inquiries about the location of City sewer force mains
- Investigates flooding complaints related to City owned sewers