Clark County Recognizes Public Works Week - 
May 21 - 27, 2006

National Public Works Week is an annual recognition of how the essential and everyday functions of public works contribute to the quality of our community life. Public works can include: traffic control, street lights, roadways, transit, water, sewer, flood control and other critical services. During the week long event, tens of thousands of engineers and other professionals are acknowledged for their efforts in designing, building, maintaining and managing these systems and components of the infrastructure. The American Public Works Association instituted the program in 1960.

The theme for this year’s National Public Works Week is "Public Works: The Heart of Every Community." This theme is particularly fitting as the functions of several agencies including Clark County departments of Public Works, Real Property Management and Water Reclamation; Regional Flood Control District; Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada; Las Vegas Valley Water District; Southern Nevada Water Authority; and the public works agencies in Southern Nevada’s incorporated cities are vital for our thriving community.

Just think – as you are reading this article, your roadways, water supply, transportation and sewage and other necessary services are being managed by public works agencies. 

For more information about Clark County public works agencies, please visit their web pages at the following links:

Public Works

Real Property Management  

Water Reclamation District

Regional Flood Control District

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada- RTC

Las Vegas Valley Water District