Contact Us Broken clouds 53°/33° City of Ruthven Iowa Home Community Government Residents Business Visitors Search Public Works Director A Public Works Director/Water and Sewer Superintendent shall be appointed by the Council to serve at the Council’s pleasure. The powers and duties of the Water and Sewer Superintendent are as follows: Supervise Water Distribution System. Supervise and inspect the installation and connection of all water mains and service pipes in the City, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, and maintain the system in an adequate manner. Supervise Water Supply. Operate City water supply and storage facilities in accordance with the best practice for the protection of the purity of the water supply and provision of an adequate supply and pressure to the system. Water Taps. Make or supervise the making of all taps to water mains. Shut Off Water. Shut off water supply when deemed necessary under policies set by the Council. Water Meters. Oversee the installation and repair of water meters. Supervise Sewer Installation. Supervise the installation of all sanitary sewers in the City, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, and supervise the storm drainage system in the City. Inspect Connections. Inspect all sewer connections and sewer interceptors and keep records of such inspections. Uncover Manholes. Uncover manholes that are buried, raising them where necessary to keep them accessible. Complete Work. Finish or correct work on any private connection to the public sewer system as authorized by Section 96.10 of this Code of Ordinances. Records. Maintain written records of inspections, of installation or tapping of the water system, sewer work, of purchase and disposition of equipment, of an up-to-date inventory, and of departmental activities. Reports. Make monthly oral or written reports to the Mayor on departmental activities on or before the first day of each succeeding month. Contact Info Dave Conlon Public Works Director 1606 Main St. Ruthven, IA 51358 712-837-5355 Email NAVIGATION FOR SECTION GOVERNMENT Boards & Commissions Planning & Zoning Board of Adjustments Mayor & City Council Park & Pool Advisory Committee City Hall City Clerk Deputy Clerk Code Compliance Ordinances Zoning Ordinance Public Works Public Works Director Street Superintendent Financial Reports & Budgets Annual Budget Financial Reports/Audits Financial Transparency Meeting Agendas & Minutes Agendas Minutes Open Records Public Information Request Support Local Animal Shelter Looking for a furry friend to become a part of your family? Consider adopting a dog or cat from your local animal shelter. An adopted pet will provide unconditional love and companionship to all. Stay Informed Subscribe to receive news and alerts via email and SMS. Click to Subscribe Click to Unsubscribe Language Choose Language... English Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Frisian Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Kinyarwanda Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kyrgyz Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Odia (Oriya) Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Scots Gaelic Serbian Sesotho Shona Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tajik Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Uyghur Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Translate QUICK LINKS Payment Options Report a Problem Subscribe FAQ New Residents SITES OF INTEREST Water Conservation Iowa Rural Water Association US Postal Service Town Newspapers CONTACTS City of Ruthven 1305 Gowrie St. Ruthven, IA 51358 (712) 837-5355 Contact Us Facebook ©2021 City of Ruthven, IA. All rights reserved. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Accessibility Powered by MunicipalImpact.com Admin