Public Works Department
Public Works Department
The Department of Public Works is responsible for maintaining the Town’s infrastructure and contributes to the Town’s mission by providing superior public services that include maintaining and improving the condition of our streets, ensuring new development is constructed properly, excellent delivery and management of capital projects, maintaining our roadways and public access rights-of-way, keeping our storm drain systems well maintained, collecting solid waste in a predictable and consistent manner, and finally, being environmental stewards of the community while promoting and educating our residents regarding the need to protect our environment for future generations.
- Paving and Roadway Maintenance: 2025-2026 Proposed Paving Map
- Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility
- Municipal Water Treatment Facility
- Snow and Ice Removal
- Roadside Mowing & Street Sweeping
- Stormwater Management Systems
- Street and Regulatory signs, installation and maintenance
- Tree Management in Town Rights-of-Way
- Town Building & Property Management
- GIS & Computer-based Mapping
- On-site Wastewater Management
- Solid Waste Management
The Water Division is responsible for the treatment and distribution of drinking water to the municipal water district.
In 2019, Jamestown Water commenced an inspection program of all commercial and domestic water connections to determine compliance with State and local cross-connection regulations. Cross connections between public water supplies and non-potable sources of contamination or private wells represent one of the most significant threats to the health of our water supply. The elimination of cross-connections will safeguard the entire drinking water system from inadvertent contamination. Additional information about cross-connections can be found here.
The Sewer Division is responsible for the collection and treatment of wastewater from the urban sewer district.
In 2019, wastewater personnel have commenced inspection of all commercial and domestic sewer connections to reduce freshwater inputs in to the sanitary sewer system. These inspections are required by the State of Rhode Island and the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce the overflow of untreated sewage to the Bay during periods of heavy rain storms.
The Sewer Division also encourages you to reduce the discharge of fats, oils and grease (FOG) to the sewer system. FOG's can clog sewer lines leading to overflows and backups.
- Never pour grease down the sink or toilet drain. Instead, pour or scrape grease from pots and pans into a can, allow the grease to cool and solidify, and then throw away in the trash.
- You can scrape or wipe (using paper towels) grease directly into the trash.
- Avoid the use of additives that dissolve grease. This allows the grease to liquefy and pass down the sewer line causing problems in other areas.
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