The Pittsylvania County Department of Public Works provides water and sewer services to certain areas of the County outside of the City of Danville and outside of the towns of Chatham, Hurt & Gretna.

Customers are billed every two months. Rates vary depending on the area, please visit the rates page to see rates in your area. Be sure to learn more about our payment options.

The Public Works Department operates twelve different water systems throughout the County and provides wastewater collection in parts of six of these areas. To serve our 3,500 customers, we maintain the following physical assets:

  • 113 miles of water mains
  • 350 manholes
  • 4 water booster stations
  • 73 miles of wastewater collection pipe
  • Over 600 fire hydrants
  • 15 wastewater pump stations

For eight of our systems, Public Works has contracts to purchase bulk water from the City of Danville, the Henry County Public Service Authority, the Town of Chatham, and the Town of Hurt. The other four water systems are served by wells. We also have wastewater treatment agreements with Danville and Chatham.

New Customers

New customers can fill out this service contract to initiate service. You will need to provide the following information:

  • A completed contract
  • A lease agreement or proof of ownership
  • (Tenants need to ensure that this owner authorization form is filled out as well)
  • A photo ID

Please follow all the steps listed in this new customers page.