Research Policy

The Engineering Division houses all of the City of Woonsocket's Sanitary Sewer Drawings, Storm Drainage Drawings, Water Works Drawings, Tax Assessor Maps, and Street Line Survey Information Drawings. Most of these drawings have been scanned in and are available electronically. Please see below for details.

Policy for looking up information in the Engineering Division:
 

Research in the Engineering Division is only conducted on the following days with a scheduled appointment only:

Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 am & 3:30 pm.

To schedule an appointment, call (401) 767-9213 or send an e-mail.

Any research that involves City water mains and facilities requires written permission from the Water Division. All requests will include the purpose for collecting the information and with whom it will be shared. Please specify the type and area of information needed. Mail all requests to: City of Woonsocket, Water Division, 1500 Manville Road, Woonsocket, RI 02895. For more information, call (401) 767-2482.

Emergency utility work that requires research will be allowed Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, provided that you call the office at (401) 767-9213, to confirm the availability of Engineering Personnel to assist you.

Copy Prices:

All Black & White Copies – 8 ½" x 11" & 8 ½" x 14"

$1.00

Black & White Copies – 11" x 17" (Includes Small City Map)$2.00

Color Copies – 8 ½" x 11"

$2.00

Large Format Copies – 18" x 24"

$3.00

Other Large Format Copies (24" x 36", 30" x 42" & 36" x 48")$4.00

Digital Downloads or Emailed Files

$2.00 each

Effective 8/1/2009 all file downloads onto your media or flash drive and files sent to any email address are $2.00 each. This helps us offset the cost of scanning and producing these documents while providing a cost savings versus purchasing paper copies.