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Chuck Sweeney
Chuck Sweeney
Director, Utility Services
Charles (Chuck) Sweeney is the Director of Utility Services for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water). Mr. Sweeney manages the departments that maintain the water distribution system throughout the District (water mains, valves, pumping stations). He also oversees the departments that monitor drinking water quality, manage public space restoration, and perform system shuts for capital improvement projects. In total, he manages 172 full-time employees. Prior to his appointment to this role in December 2010, Mr. Sweeney was the Manager of Pumping Services, responsible for four water pumping stations, 5 in-ground storage reservoirs, 3 elevated storage tanks and 12 employees.
Previously, Mr. Sweeney worked at Fairfax County Water Authority as the Maintenance and SCADA Manager for the entire water system, which included two water treatment plants, raw water pump stations, various pump stations around the county and all the storage tanks in the system.
He was also employed at Wyle Laboratories as a government contractor working on various control systems at the Naval Surface Warfare Center located in Carderock, MD. He began his career working with General Dynamics in San Diego as a control engineer on the Tomahawk Cruise Missile System.
Mr. Sweeney holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.