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The District is responsible for stormwater and wastewater management, in an
883 square mile area, including Chicago and 125 suburban municipalities. It
monitors and sustains 76 miles of the Chicago Area Waterways System and
1,300 small streams. Per day, its seven facilities clean an average flow of
1.5 billion gallons of wastewater. Its service population is the combined
equivalent of ten million residents and industrial users. Click below for
more information regarding the many District services and facilities:
Biosolids: |
An EMS is a management framework for reducing environmental impacts and
improving organizational performance over time. Implementing an EMS is
voluntary; therefore, the EMS framework can be adapted to support the needs,
priorities, and circumstances of the implementing organization.
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Combined Sewer Overflows: |
The District has developed a public notification program for combined sewer
overflows (CSOs) into the Chicago area waterways in accordance with Special
Condition 10.12 of the NPDES Permits for the North Side, Stickney, and
Calumet WRPs and Special Condition 14.12 of the NPDES Permits for the Kirie
and Lemont WRPs.
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Compost: |
Compost Now Available!
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Green Infrastructure Partnership Opportunity Program |
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) is accepting project applications for partnership funding opportunities.
MWRD seeks to partner with local municipalities and public agencies to install green infrastructure (GI) throughout Cook County. Submitted
applications will be evaluated based on the engineering effectiveness of the GI practices amongst several other criteria. Responsibilities of
selected applicants will be defined through an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the MWRD. The submission deadline for the application is
August 9, 2019 at 5:00 PM CDT. Late or partial applications will not be accepted.
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Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA): |
The District's Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) project received the
Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award in 1994. The award is the
highest honor bestowed on a civil engineering project by the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
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Stormwater Management: |
The mission of the countywide stormwater management program is to provide
Cook County with effective rules, regulations, and projects that will reduce
the potential for stormwater damage to life, public health, safety, property
and the environment.
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Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP): |
Despite the reversal of the Chicago River, and even the construction of the
largest wastewater treatment plant in the world, contaminants continued to
accumulate in the rivers, canals, and Lake Michigan.
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Water
Reclamation Plants: |
In 1919, the Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance committing the
District to the construction and operation of sewage treatment plants to
protect and preserve Lake Michigan, our source of drinking water for six
million people living in Chicago, Cook County communities, and neighboring
counties today.
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