This photo shows valves that the City of Houston's Department of Public Works and Engineering installed at its Southwest Water Pump Station. In a news release about his departure, the Buffalo ...

HOUSTON – A new director of the public works department was named Wednesday by Mayor Annise Parker. Dale A. Rudick, a professional engineer licensed in Texas, was announced as the director for ...

Dale Rudick, director of Houston's Department of Public Works and Engineering, shown during a meeting Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Houston. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) ...

The City of Houston Public Works department laying down the new Freedmen’s Town bricks. Houston City Council unanimously approved Mayor John Whitmire's request Wednesday to change city rules ...

Michael Marcotte, director of the city's Department of Public Works and Engineering, has resigned effective July 12, a department spokesman confirmed Thursday. Marcotte decided to leave the post ...

One of Houston Public Works' main functions is providing water to hundreds of thousands of city households. The department oversees three water purification plants, 49 groundwater plants, 40 ...

Houston Public Works employee Patrece Lee is charged with bribery after being accused of funneling department funds to a personal account.

Dale Rudick, an engineer who Mayor Annise Parker tapped Wednesday to run Houston's mammoth Department of Public Works and Engineering, has a joke about introverted engineers. It goes: "How can you ...

The brother of a former Houston Public Works employee sentenced in a water repair purchase-order scheme accepted a plea deal Wednesday, along with three others involved. The employee’s brother ...

The Houston City Council unanimously voted Wednesday to appoint Randy Macchi as director of Houston Public Works, expanding a city ordinance that allowed for the appointment. The modification of ...

According to Houston Public Works, in 2023, the city of Houston lost over 32 billion gallons of water due to broken city pipes.

Raymond Ramdeo, a 17-year veteran at Houston Public Works is under investigation for falsifying vehicle inspections on his side job.