Services include water treatment & distribution; maintenance of the distribution systems, three water plants & related infrastructure; customer service including the department’s call center, public payment office, meter reading, repair, & inspections; water source protection; water quality monitiring and more.

Services include wastewater collection and treatment; maintenance of the storm, sanitary and combined sewer collection systems, treatment plants & related infrastructure; stormwater management, industrial pre-treatment & regulatory compliance programs to protect surface water quality; operation of the Compost Facility which offers Com-Til mulching/soil amendment products; and more.

Services include competitively priced electricity services, a street lighting program, maintenance, capital improvements and more.  

General Water Treatment Process is described with a cross-reference illustration.

The Division of Sewerage and Drainage operates two wastewater treatment plants, Jackson Pike and Southerly. Wastewater from Columbus and 22 contracting suburban communities flows to one of these two plants.

An introduction to our watershed program covers the importance of protecting our drinking water source and supply. Includes landscaping with native plants, & the Land Stewardship Program for residents who live beside the source.

The following is a categorized listing of ferquently asked questions, terms and other subject explanation data sets.

Milestones in the history of the City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities role in; waste water treatment, street lighting, providing municipal power and the supply and mamangement of water.

What does it mean to become "green”? Simply put, getting green means putting in place practices that protect people and the environment. We can work toward this goal individually, as families and as a community by making decisions in our daily lives and replacing old habits with new ones that support the earth’s ability to sustain us. Each small step we take toward getting green is a step toward protecting our quality of life now and into the future.

Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water supply is available for human consumption. 

Water is the original health beverage; it contains no fat, calories or cholesterol.

60% of an adult’s body is water.

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