Dover Township Public Works encompasses Public Water, Sanitary Sewer Collection, Waste Water Treatment, Roads & Highways and Stormwater systems.
Managing vegetation along our streets is an important task for the Public Works Department. Roadside mowing helps to keep our street safer for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians by improving the visibility of signs, keeps roadside ditches clear, prevents vegetation from migrating out into the right-of-way of the road, while also…
Dover Township plans to start our yearly street sweeping the week of 4-1-2025. We kindly ask that you remove all vehicles from the roadway. This not only helps our operator but also makes for a much cleaner job. Dover’s goal is to get as much dirt and debris as possible…
Dover Township will be begin flushing fire hydrants in the month of April. During this time, you may experience sputtering faucets and cloudy/dirty water. This is due to air that has entered the line and the stirring up of sediment that has coated the mains. This is normal; to alleviate…
Spring to Life As the snow slowly melts away, the birds begin to sing and fresh life bursts from the soil heralding the approach of Spring and the lawn maintenance season. For the 1 million-plus acres of home lawns in Pennsylvania, selecting and implementing an appropriate lawncare management program to…
This project is intended to continue the replacement of the aging water infrastructure along Carlisle Rd (RT 74) north of George Street to Skytop Trail in Dover Township. This water line project will replace an old 10” line with a new 12” line. Along with the water main, all service…
In 2025, Dover Township’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Employees will start their annual cleaning of one of the six (6) Biological Nutrient Removal Oxidation Ditches (BNR) at Dover’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. This is the process used to treat any wastewater that enters Dover Township’s plant. The process combines air with microorganisms…
Affordable and high-quality transportation is important for all people to fully participate in our local economy and increase their economic potential. United Way of York County is partnering with Fourth Economy to learn more about how York County residents travel in and around the county, and a first step in…
Little Conewago Creek Floodplain Restoration An evidence-based approach to improve water quality, enhance flood resilience, revive critical habitat, and foster community connections. Dover Township and West Manchester Township | Updated June 2024 Click Here for the Story Map
In May of 2024 our employees at Dover Township Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), began extending the utility water system. The utility water system consists of twenty (20) yard hydrants spread over the campus, four (4) utility water pumps and a large pressure tank. The utility water extension will be adding…
Dover Township currently relies on eight (8) groundwater wells to provide drinking water to its customers, as well as an interconnection with the York Water Company. This helps to supplement the quantity of drinking water supplied. In 2022, Dover Township completed a water consumption analysis projection, which showed that system…