This division provides environmental, analytical and technical support to not only the Water Utilities Department, but also to Stormwater Management , Electric , Public Works , Growth Management , Gas Operations and Fire Departments. The laboratory conducts over 110,000 analyses each year and works cooperatively with the Department of Environmental Protection , the Northwest Florida Water Management District, Leon County Health Department, U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . The division responds to all water quality complaints, spills and other urgent demands of an environmental nature.
Support includes field sampling and assessments of various sites throughout Leon County.
The Water Utilities' System Control program remotely controls the City's water production wells and monitors the sewage pump stations via telemetering. This group also receives calls from the public and dispatches water, sewer and gas crews to respond to emergencies twenty-four hours a day. Two other key programs include Industrial Pretreatment , which has the responsibility of preventing the discharge of hazardous substances into the sewer system, and the Aquifer Protection program, which is responsible for coordinating aquifer protection throughout Leon County as outlined in the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan. City of Tallahassee, Florida.