Administration
This division is responsible for budget and capital project administration, construction inspection, purchasing, record keeping and clerical support for the Public Services Department. Gale Beekman, Administrative Supervisior, is responsible for coordination of the office staff and a Yard Foreman in this division.
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Engineering
This division is responsible for maintenance of drawings and records, in-house design, field staking and measurements, mapping and graphics. Rob McKechnie, Utilities Engineer, leads this division.
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Water Production
This division is responsible for operation and maintenance of the City's 12 major water production wells and 4 water plants. This division provides staffing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to insure water of proper quality and pressure is provided throughout the extensive DeLand water service area. A service area map is attached which indicates that the City provides water and sewer service far outside the City limits; as far east as I-4, as far north as the Tomoka Woods subdivision, as far west as the St. Johns River and south to Orange City. This division is also responsible for water quality and reporting to regulatory agencies.
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Water Distribution
This division is responsible for all of the water distribution piping throughout the utility service area. The division is organized into three work groups, each of which operate independently under a foreman or lead worker. Employees in this division have been crossed trained to function in all operating areas which include installation of new meters and services, line repairs, flushing and quality maintenance, hydrant repair and replacement, value repair and replacement, utility locates, meter repair and water main installation.
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Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater Collection
These divisions are lead by Jim Ailes, Deputy Director for Reclamation Facilities. Division 205 is responsible for operation and maintenance of the City's main wastewater treatment plant located on South Amelia Ave. as well as the City's Brandy Trails Wastewater Plant located on Lake Mamie Road off S.R. 15-A. The main treatment plant is currently undergoing an extensive 5.5 million upgrade to increase its capacity from 4 MGD to 6 MGD. Glenn Taylor, Chief Wastewater Plant Operator, is responsible for both plants. The main wastewater treatment plant is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Division 206, the wastewater Collection Division, is responsible for gravity sewers throughout the service area as well as more than 70 wasterwater pumping stations and force mains which are operated and maintained by the City. These stations are inspected no less than weekly and large, critical stations are inspected and serviced daily by technicians in this division. Division 206 is also responsible for locating gravity lines and force mains for contractors throughout the service area, repairs, construction of new facilities, line cleaning, new facility connections and other duties.

Divisions 205 and 206 are also responsible for reclaimed water production and distribution. Currently, the City provides reclaimed water to the Southridge Golf Course, the DeLand Country Club, Stetson University, DeLand Memorial Garden, the Plumosus Park Subdivision, Earl Brown Park and others.
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Facilities Maintenance
This division, headed by L.A. (Sandy) Sanders, is responsible for maintenance of buildings throughout the Public Services Department and other City buildings. This Division consists of a building trades group, an electrician and instrumentation group, a custodian who services City Hall  and the City Hall Annex and a maintenance worker responsible for yard maintenance at the City's water plant and well sites.

In addition to maintenance, this division has been called upon to construct or remodel facilities such as the Calkins Electric building (part of the Conrad Park project), gazebos, interior construction at the Fish Building and many other projects. The electrician / instrumentation group maintains literally hundreds of motors and controls throughout the City which serve wells, pumps, etc. and rather sophisticated instrumentation including computer based process controllers (PLC's) and radio telemetry equipment for both the water and wasterwater divisions.
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Quality Assurance
This division is responsible for laboratory analysis and regulatory liaison and reporting for the City's water, wastewater and reclaimed water utilities. Anne Russell, Chief Chemist, leads the laboratory divisions and has been instrumental in recent, major regulatory initiatives including the City's Consumer Confidence Repoerting Program, the FDEP mandated Risk Management Program and a new EPA Pretreatment Permitting system.

Division 209 is also responsible for cross connection control and inspection, record keeping and regulatory reporting and liaison. This division monitors all technical issues with respect to the Volusia Water Alliance and is responsible for water conservation initiatives.
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Municipal Airport
The Municipal Airport Division is responsible for all airport maintenance including the airfield, airfield lighting, lawn and field maintenance both on the airfield and in the industrial park, maintenance of the City's T-hangers and airport buildings, liaison with the FAA and FDOT and other operational activities. This group is active in special events including air show and motorcycle races as well as day to day maintenance.
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