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Wheeling Water Department is a
municipally owned water utility. In
accordance with West Virginia Public
Service Commission regulations, the City
of Wheeling operates the Water Utility as
an enterprise fund. As such, the utility
is financially independent from the City
of Wheeling. The organizational structure
includes the City Manager as the chief
executive officer and the City Council
serves as the board of directors of the
utility. The Director of Public Works
serves as a liaison between the water
department and the city administration. |
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The department consists of three
divisions which are organized under the
chief operating officer. Serving in this
capacity is the Water Superintendent, William
F. Huggins. |
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The Accounting and Commercial divisions
have been combined into one division
called the Utility Accounting and Revenue
division and it is managed by Leslie
Miller and is responsible for
accounts payable, accounts receivable,
payroll, job costing, and for fiscal
budgetary compliance. This division also
performs similar functions for the
Wheeling Water Pollution Control
Division. The division also is
responsible for customer service, meter
reading, billing, and collection of
accounts. The UAR Division is located in
the City - County Building in Room 112.
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Distribution Division is managed by Joe Wilds
and is responsible for all field service
work and related record keeping. They
also do engineering design for planned
improvements. The Distribution Division
is located at 9 Armory Drive. |
| The Treatment Division is
managed by Frank
Blaskovich and is responsible for all
treatment and testing of the source and
finished water and for pumping it to the
customers. They also maintain the various
pumping stations located throughout the
system. The maintenance foreman is David
Nickerson. This division is located
at the water treatment plant at 1305
Richland Avenue. |
