Public Works

We are proud to provide you with high-quality infrastructure, from clean drinking water to safe streets, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, parkway trees, and much more. Our five divisions provide a variety of services to ensure that Wheaton is a clean, safe, and enjoyable place to live.

Our Divisions

• Forestry Division
• Municipal Garage
• Sewer Division
• Street Division
• Water Division

What We Do

Some of the services and programs we provide include:

• Backflow Prevention Program
• Issuing Block Party Permits
• Maintaining Adams Park and 15 plus acres of open space
• Maintaining City vehicles
• Maintaining the City’s drinking water system
• Maintaining sanitary and storm sewer lines and lift stations
• Maintaining signs and traffic signals on City streets
• Oversee Residential Sewer Backup Prevention Program
• Pruning trees in City parkways
• Repairing potholes
• Repairing streetlights
• Replacing parkway ash trees
• Sidewalk Replacement Program
• Snow removal
• Street maintenance projects in coordination with the Annual Road Program
• Street sweeping