Recent News

DPW Offices, Yards Closed for the July Fourth Holiday

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) will be closed Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4. Trash and recycling WILL NOT BE COLLECTED on Wednesday, July 4. The make-up day for trash and recycling will be Saturday, July 7.

Financial Assistance for Eligible Water Customers to Increase

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) will increase the amount of financial assistance offered to certain low-income City water customers, matching the upcoming adjustment in water and sewer rates. Starting July 1, 2018, water/sewer charges will increase by 9.4 percent. 

Sampling to Confirm Water Safety Begins

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is required by State and Federal laws to periodically test our drinking water for lead and copper residue. Baltimore initially was required to monitor at least 100 different taps once every year. Because the City’s water quality consistently exceeds the set standards, our lead and copper sampling frequency was reduced to 50 homes every three years.

Application for Qualitative Control Waiver

BGE 30" Gas Main - Mt. Royal Ave. Segment
W & E Mt Royal Ave., Maryland Ave. to E Preston St.
Baltimore City, Maryland

Northwest Transfer Station to Close Temporarily

Citizens directed to use Sisson Street yard; Small Haulers to use Quarantine Road Landfill.
Due to construction, the Northwest Transfer Station (NWTS), located at 5030 Reisterstown Rd., will close to citizens and to small commercial haulers for two weeks beginning Monday, July 2, reopening on Monday, July 16.

Application for Qualitative Control Waiver

Sanitary Contract No. 941
Sewer Collection System Improvements in the Jones Falls Sewershed
Various Locations

Application for Redevelopment Waiver

Beth Am Synagogue Building Addition
2501 Eutaw Place
Baltimore City, Maryland

Application for Redevelopment Waiver

Main Street Kitchen
4500 Harford Road
Baltimore City, Maryland

DPW Deploys New Fleet of All-Terrain Litter Vehicles

Fifteen new all-terrain litter vehicles (ATLVs) are set to hit City streets, allowing the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) to expand cleaning operations for business districts and gateways into surrounding neighborhoods.

DPW Reports Sewer Overflows Related to Rain

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) estimates that two sewer overflows totaling approximately 900,000 gallons of stormwater mixed with sewer water occurred as a result of heavy rain.

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