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Public Works Services Refuse and Recycling Commendable Property Awards Building and Sign Electrical Forestry Sanitation Street and Sewer Water Utility Public Works Resources	Water Billing Water Quality The main responsibility of the Municipal Water Utility is to provide good, clean, drinkable water to the consumers. The Utility is regulated by the State of Wisconsin's Public Service Commission. Water is purchased from the Milwaukee Waterworks. Our water is supplied to us from Milwaukee's Howard Avenue Water Treatment Plant through two metered supply points in West Allis and distributed to West Allis locations through a maze of underground transmission and distribution mains and three reservoirs. Two of these reservoirs are above-ground 1,500,000 gallon water tank towers, one near S. 84 St. and W. Rogers St. and one at S. 116 St. and W. Rogers St. The underground reservoir, with a capacity of 4,000,000 gallons, is near S. 96 St. and W. Mitchell St. The Utility also provides water for fire fighting and maintains the transmission and distribution system by repairing leaks and main breaks. The Utility also manages the metering of water using a computerized meter reading system. Hand-held processors used by the meter readers in the field interface with the main system, uploading data gathered at each meter location and downloading data for each daily meter reading route. Each meter in the City is read quarterly and billed quarterly.	Department of Public Works 6300 W. McGeoch Ave. West Allis, WI 53219 (414) 302-8888 Fax: (414) 302-8889 7:00 am - 3:30 pm M-F Map Director of Public Works (414) 302-8888 Michael Lewis Assistant Director of Pubic Works (414) 302-8888 Tom Harmatys Building and Sign Division (414) 302-8808 Doug Bartels, Acting Superintendent Electrical Division (414) 302-8808 Terry Meincke, Superintendent Forestry Divison (414) 302-8811 Mike Rushmer, Superintendent Sanitation and Street Division (414) 302-8800 Bruce Danowski, Superintendent Water Division (414) 302-8830 Dan Schwebke, Superintendent Municipal Yard Drop-Off Site 6300 W. McGeoch Ave. Hours Map Morgan Avenue Drop-Off Site S. 116 St., south of W. Morgan Ave. Hours Map
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The main responsibility of the Municipal Water Utility is to provide good, clean, drinkable water to the consumers. The Utility is regulated by the State of Wisconsin's Public Service Commission. Water is purchased from the Milwaukee Waterworks. Our water is supplied to us from Milwaukee's Howard Avenue Water Treatment Plant through two metered supply points in West Allis and distributed to West Allis locations through a maze of underground transmission and distribution mains and three reservoirs. Two of these reservoirs are above-ground 1,500,000 gallon water tank towers, one near S. 84 St. and W. Rogers St. and one at S. 116 St. and W. Rogers St. The underground reservoir, with a capacity of 4,000,000 gallons, is near S. 96 St. and W. Mitchell St. The Utility also provides water for fire fighting and maintains the transmission and distribution system by repairing leaks and main breaks.

The Utility also manages the metering of water using a computerized meter reading system. Hand-held processors used by the meter readers in the field interface with the main system, uploading data gathered at each meter location and downloading data for each daily meter reading route. Each meter in the City is read quarterly and billed quarterly.