Public Works

Water

The Public Works Department maintains a staff of three people responsible for preventative maintenance on the Town's water system, and a Water Operator who performs tests on the water quality as required by the state and federal law.  For maintenance problems such as leaks or water quality, please contact Public Works at (928) 333-4223. Public works will respond to correct the problem, but is not permitted to enter into private property. After hours, contact (928) 245-0547. 

For an installation of a water meter and connection to the Town system, the homeowner must complete an application for service at Town Hall, pay the fees, and then a connection date will be scheduled. Please allow three weeks for an installation. Click here for a complete listing of the water and sewer fees.

Residents with an existing connection wishing to turn on their water must contact Town Hall, and usually within the same day, Town Hall will schedule the turn on with Public Works, and a technician will arrive to turn on the water. If the water is not turned on when the meter is installed, then a turn-on charge will be assessed. For seasonal visitors, half the usual turn-on fee is assessed (the meter is kept in the owner's name, the account is kept open, and the meter is temporarily turned off during the winter.) To transfer the water account in an existing home, a turn-on fee is also assessed.

Wastewater

Approximately half of the Town's residences are connected to the sewer system, and long-range plans call for the extension of the sewer and water system to other areas of the Town, to be funded by water-use fees. On a daily basis, the Town has a 1-2 person crew performing preventative maintenance of the Town's sewage collection system.  This maintenance includes cleaning lines, manholes, and performing sewer service repairs. Residents can contact Public Works regarding backups, but please note that the crew can work only up to the cleanout, provided that the cleanout is not on private property. There is no fee to check out a backup, but if the problem resides on the resident's side, the resident is responsible.

The Town's Waste Water Treatment Plant handles 250,000 gallons per day, with a capacity expandable to a half million gallons per day. Effluent is sent out at no cost as a reuse for local hay farmers, and with the recent acquisition of an aquifer protection permit, the Town is making plans to improve the quality of the effluent so that it may be used in other capacities (such as irrigation or water recharge).

Septic system inspections are handled by the County. Residents using this method for disposal of wastewater should contact Apache County for permits and assistance.

Roads

The Town repairs street signs and paved roads on an as-needed basis. A road maintenance blading program has been established, but residents can contact Public Works for maintenance blading of unimproved roads. Public Works will do its best to schedule a crew to respond within a day, however, please note that this is depending on the crew's existing workload.

Facilities

A facilities maintenance crew works to cleanup road right-of-way areas, and the grounds of public properties, such as the parks, cemetery, and Town Hall. The Town utilizes labor from the Inmate Work Program from the Apache Unit of the Dept of Corrections Prison, in maintenance and construction work for all the Public Works programs. The crew typically consists of a Public Works Supervisor specially trained by the Arizona Department of Corrections, and a crew of 5 day laborers, who come from the minimum-security prison, and have been carefully screened before being allowed to work on cleanup and maintenance projects. The Town utilizes these work crews to minimize the cost of labor, but frequently these workers provide welding, concrete work, and carpentry skills.

Year in Review 2009

-                     Public Works has been downsized in personnel and may not be able to respond to certain situations in a timely manner.  Please be patient and we will respond as soon as possible.

 -                     Robert Whiting Retired after 36 years of faithful service to the Town.  He will be missed. 

-                     Projects completed this year include:

Ø                 4^th St (West of Burk) Sewer Improvement

Ø                 Foote Drive Sewer Extension

Ø                 Chiricahua / 2^nd Ave Water Line Extension

Ø                 4” Water Line to loop Kennedy Well Line

Ø                 School Bus / Main New Fire Hydrant and Improvement

Ø                 Marion / 10^th Water Improvement

Ø                 Alta Vista Water Improvement

Ø                 8” Sewer on 2^nd Ave, East of Butler

Ø                 New 8” Water Line on 2^nd Ave between Eagar / Butler

Ø                 1^st Ave Water line from Main to Eagar

Ø                 New 8” Sewer on 1^st St between Main / Eagar

Ø                 New 8” Sewer on 2^nd St West of Butler

Ø                 Built an Impound Yard for the Police Dept.

Ø                 Finished tying in drainage from Elk Crest Subdivision to help eliminate flooding problems

Contact Information

Telephone: (928) 333-4223

P.O. Box 1300
Eagar, Arizona 85925

1162 S. Water Canyon Road (Public Works Yard)

Electronic mail

Public Works Information:  info@eagaraz.gov