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Baltimore Welcomes World’s Solid Waste Industry

Many of the proactive cleaning programs operated by Baltimore City Department of Public Works’ (DPW) Bureau of Solid Waste will be spotlighted as WASTECON comes to Baltimore September 25-27. 

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DPW Director Chow Receives Top Honor of Water Industry Group

Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., was honored by the Chesapeake Section of the American Water Works Association with the George Warren Fuller Award, the most prestigious award that the group bestows. 

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Household Hazardous Waste drop-off days are this Friday, Saturday

Baltimore City Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., today reminds citizens that Household Hazardous Waste drop-offs will be accepted on Friday and Saturday, September 1-2, at the Northwest Citizens' Convenience Center, 2840 Sisson Street.   

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DPW Offices, Yards Closed for Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4

DPW Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds citizens that Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, is a City holiday. DPW offices and yards will be CLOSED.  

Broken Sewer Leads to Underground Leak

Routine sampling by Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) employees last Friday, Aug. 25, found an underground overflow of sewage traced to a broken sewer pipe in the 2500 block of W. Lexington St.

DPW Municipal Trash Can Program receives SWANA Bronze Award

Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., today announced that the city’s Municipal Trash Can Program has won the bronze award in the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Excellence Awards Program. 

DPW Receives CEAM Project of the Year Award

Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., today announced that the agency has been selected to receive the 2017 CEAM Small Project of the Year Award for the proactive repair of the Southwest Transmission Main. 

TOMORROW: Dam Jam 2017!

Come out to celebrate the Baltimore region’s drinking water reservoirs! The celebration will be Saturday, Aug 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event takes place at the Cromwell Valley Park (Willow Grove Nature Center) 2175 Cromwell Bridge Road.

DPW Reports Sanitary Sewer Overflows from Aug. 18 Rain

An estimated 48,500 gallons of sewage mixed with rain water was released into the Jones Falls on Friday, Aug. 18, due to water infiltrating the sewer system during the heavy rains on that evening.

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