The 工程部门 is responsible for high quality and reliable water, 下水道, 排水设施. This is achieved by effectively planning, 设计, 管理, and providing contract compliance for the construction of BWSC's Capital Improvement 项目.
建设
建设 oversees BWSC’s Capital Improvement Program, which updates the city’s water, 下水道age and storm drainage systems. 建设 manages the annual maintenance contracts for the repair of minor defects found. 最后, 建设 inspects projects by private developers to ensure consistent standards are utilized citywide.
建设 ensures quality control of both private contractors and publicly bid contracts for the delivery of the highest quality services to the residents of Boston.
设计
设计 consists of four departments: 设计, CAD, GIS, and Engineering 客户服务s.
工程设计: The 设计 group is responsible for producing specification books and plans that are bid for 建设. This includes survey and design of water, 下水道, and drainage improvements that are included in the BWSC Capital Improvement Plan.
计算机辅助设计(CAD): The CAD department works in conjunction with 设计 and 建设 to produce design plans and as-built drawings for the Capital Improvement Program. Survey data and record plan information is used to create CAD base plans for design drawings.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): The GIS group is tasked with the maintenance of new and existing mapping, 竣工的计划, 实用程序记录, 还有历史记录. The GIS group receives records from the 工程部门 for both capital improvement work and private site plans, as well as corrective and updated maintenance information from the Operations Division.
Engineering 客户服务 (ECS): Some of the core functions of the ECS department are providing in person customer service, the issuing of General Service Applications, Site Plan and Utility plan reviews and 建设 Site Inspection.
规划
规划 performs system wide and area specific 下水道, stormwater and drinking water investigations and project planning; establishes new planning projects for inclusion in BWSC’s three-year Capital Improvement Program; performs combined 下水道 overflow (CSO) and stormwater quality investigations; monitors, coordinates and reports on the status of BWSC's compliance with state and federal 下水道, stormwater and drinking water requirements; negotiates and manages consultant contracts for projects; evaluates the impact of private developments and MWRA projects on BWSC's systems.
Specific activities the 规划 Department performs:
- Monitors compliance and prepares reports for the 环境al Protection Agency (EPA) regarding BWSC’s NPDES CSO and NPDES 雨水 Permit
- Monitors compliance and prepares reports for MWRA regarding BWSC’s municipal discharge permit
- Develops enhancements to, and maintains BWSC’s 下水道 and stormwater models
- Monitors implementation of BWSC’s Wastewater and Drinking Water Facility plans
- Manages BWSC’s Citywide Illicit Connection Investigation Program, including plug testing of building 下水道 laterals to confirm whether they leak into storm drains
- Monitors compliance and prepares Consent Decree reports for the EPA regarding BWSC’s Illicit Connection Investigation Program
- Pursues legal enforcement to ensure that owners correct illicit connections on their properties
- Performs Sewer System Evaluation Surveys and Infiltration and Inflow 项目
- Performs Climate Change Studies
- Monitors implementation of 雨水 Best Management Practices (BMPs) in accordance with BWSC’s BMP Recommendations Report
- Performs drinking water 引领 and Copper sampling and reports on results to DEP in accordance with drinking water regulations
- Reviews environmental impact reports, prepares and submits comments to the Mass 环境al Policy Act Office and the Boston 规划 and Development Agency regarding impacts of new development on BWSC facilities.