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The mission of the Department of Public Works is to provide a broad range of services and infrastructure to help ensure safe and desirable communities for the people of San Bernardino County. Areas of responsibility include roads, traffic, flood control, storm water quality, water conservation, solid waste services, and county surveyor functions.

Strategic Goals

1. Surveyor - Provides timely map and plan check services for customer to allow the pace of development to proceed in a controlled and opportune manner.


2. Transportation Division - Maintain the level of safety and maintenance for county maintained roads to help ensure the motoring public's well being.


3. Solid Waste Management Division - Improve the efficiency of landfill space utilization to more effectively meet the public's future capacity needs.


4. Flood Control District - Increase groundwater recharge services at flood control district facilities in support of maintaining adequate water supplies for the people of San Bernardino County.

Department Overview

The Department of Public Works was established on March 14, 2000, resulting from the Board approving a restructuring of the county's organization. The department includes divisions for Transportation, Flood Control, Solid Waste, and Surveyor. The department's responsibilities are to maintain county roads, administer special transportation projects, manage Surveyor functions, provide administrative oversights for the operation and management of the county's solid waste system and maintain a very extensive system of flood control and water conservation facilities.