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===Public utilities=== [[File:Public yard waste management processing center, located on Plumtrees Road, Danbury (CT).png|thumb|The John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant, located on Plumtrees Road, Danbury]] The Public Utilities Division operates and maintains the City of Danbury's Water Division, water utility infrastructure, sanitary sewer infrastructure, which includes several large water supply dams, a closed landfill, [[landfill gas]] collection system, and administer programs for recycling and disposal of solid waste.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danbury-ct.gov/government/departments/public-works/public-utilities/|title=Public Utilities|access-date=September 1, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805134929/https://www.danbury-ct.gov/government/departments/public-works/public-utilities/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Division oversees a Water Pollution Control Plant, operated by [[Veolia Water]] North America, and a public yard waste management processing center, located on Plumtrees Road, in accordance with an agreement between the City of Danbury and Total Landscaping and Tree Service. The sewer fund makes up 80 percent of Danbury's 2019β2020 Adopted Capital Projects Budget, accounting for $103 million of the $127 million budget to maintain the plant.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Danbury 2019-2020 Adopted Budget Book |url=https://www.danbury-ct.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-2020-Adopted-Budget.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326202328/https://www.danbury-ct.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-2020-Adopted-Budget.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |website=Danbury-CT}}</ref> In October 2020, the city renamed its water pollution control plant the [[John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant]] after [[John Oliver]], the host of the late-night comedy program ''[[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]]'' jokingly insulted the city. Oliver attended the unveiling ceremony in person as a condition of [[Mark Boughton|Mayor Boughton]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danbury Renames Sewer Plant for Comedian John Oliver|url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/danbury-renames-sewer-plant-for-comedian-john-oliver/2347666/|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=NBC Connecticut|language=en-US|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021211944/https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/danbury-renames-sewer-plant-for-comedian-john-oliver/2347666/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Danbury Won't Waste John Oliver's Donation, on One Condition|url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/city-of-danbury-wont-waste-john-olivers-donation-on-1-condition/2329295/|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=NBC Connecticut|language=en-US|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023235258/https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/city-of-danbury-wont-waste-john-olivers-donation-on-1-condition/2329295/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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