Orange County Public Works

Welcome to OC Public Works! We are a County of Orange Department that includes three core businesses: OC Road and Flood, OC Planning, and OC Facilities. OC Public Works serves the public through the following:

Flood Control: Protect the public county-wide from the threat of floods by constructing, operating and maintaining major flood control channels, dams, retarding basins, pump stations.
Highways: Provide the public with highways and streets by constructing, maintaining and managing a quality road system in unincorporated areas and cities that contract with our department for services.
Facilities: Provide the public and county agencies with support services that include County buildings, parking facilities, transportation/fleet management, and facilities operations.
Planning: Protect public safety, the environment and the physical quality of life by providing planning, environmental analysis, zoning, grading and building services in unincorporated areas; developing and implementing water quality improvement strategies county-wide; enforcing agricultural, weed abatement and pesticide regulations; and implementing weights and measure regulatory programs county-wide.

ocpw vision: Deliver, protect, and improve the quality of life for Orange County. Our mission is to maintain and improve the high quality of life in the County through stewardship of County land, waterways, and facilities, enforcement of building and environmental policies and regulations, and planning of new and improved private and public buildings and facilities.

We invite you to return to see the updates that are in progress on our website. To assist you in planning a visit to our Public Counter, we have included information about our hours and the services we offer. The Locations and Maps section includes information about our facilities and parking.

OC Public Works Divisions and Departments

OC FACILITIES