National Public Works Week

Our annual National Public Works Week (NPWW) is back for another virtual event—allowing residents to learn more about the essential services provided by Durham Works

Celebrate NPWW from May 16 to 22!

Follow along on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtags #NPWWdurham and #DurhamStrong.

The Region of Durham’s Works Department has been celebrating NPWW annually for many years as a fun way to show the community what we do! Join us in recognizing the wide range of essential services provided by the Region’s Works Department as we celebrate National Public Works Week from May 16 to 22. This year, learn more about the role that public works plays in your day-to-day life by watching virtual tours of Regional facilities and videos of public works staff in action.

 

The Power of Public Works 

The Works Department provides our communities with safe roads, clean drinking water, recycling, composting and waste disposal programs, as well as many other operations that impact our daily lives. Take virtual tours of some of our facilities, hear from our Water Champions about working at a water pollution control plant and watch educational videos on how to properly dispose of waste, the safe use of pedestrian crosswalks, roundabouts and much more.

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Watch our videos to learn more about Durham Works

We also invite you to take a virtual tour of some of our facilities, and hear about some of our great projects:

Virtual Tours:
Material Recovery Facility virtual tour
Durham York Energy Centre virtual tour

Information Items:
Mixed Waste Pre-sort and Anaerobic Digestion
Keep Durham Region litter free
Green bin – The Basics
Green bin – Addressing the Yuck

WATER:

Virtual Tours:
Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control plant tour with Kerri
Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control plant tour with Chris
Durham Water with Thayalan

ROADS:

Pedestian Crossovers
What is a Roundabout
Roundabout Signs

Watch more Works Department videos

The public appreciates Works staff 

Students of Good Shepherd Catholic School send in their appreciation for Works staff. “Thank you for everything you do to keep our water supply safe and clean for our region! Your work is appreciated by the Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) and Good Shepherd Catholic School Community!” 

We value our communities and the role public works professionals play in keeping them safe and functioning smoothly. We want to increase public awareness of their contributions as well as to enlighten the public about the duties, practices, and goals of public works professionals.

Public works professionals include those who manage water, sewer, transportation, and waste removal systems as well as those responsible for maintaining public buildings and grounds. They are, in short, the people who maintain and improve the systems and services vital to a community’s health, safety and comfort.

Learn more about the Works Department.