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Commissioned in the mid-1970s, the project is managed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Completion of the system is not anticipated until 2029, [1] but substantial portions of the system have already opened and are currently operational. Across 30 years of construction, over $3 billion has been spent on the project.
The MWRD operates the largest water reclamation plant in the United States, the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Cicero, Illinois, in addition to six other plants and 23 pumping stations. These seven plants range in capacity from 1.44 billion gallons per day at the Stickney Plant to 4 million gallons per day at the Lemont Plant.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago held an open house on May 4 at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant in Skokie in honor of Chicago Water Week.
The inartfully named Metropolitan Water Reclamation District long has been the mystery agency for many voters when they enter the polling station. After wading through state lawmakers, municipal ...
The new standards also required sewage effluent disinfection at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's O'Brien and Calumet water reclamation plants that discharge to the river. A third, Stickney, is the world's largest sewage treatment plant and still does not disinfect despite its common practice nationwide.
South Branch Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois (41°50′30″N87°40′33″W / 41.8416°N 87.6757°W / 41.8416; -87.6757) The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of ...
In order to monitor and study changes in stream health related to bug populations Urban Rivers collaborates with Northeastern Illinois University, DePaul University as well as the Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. To study water chemistry and geology Urban Rivers works with Dr. Eric Peterson from the geology department at ...
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) contracted to use the quarry for stormwater overflow in 1998 as part of the Deep Tunnel or Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) for the metropolitan area. The Thornton Quarry supplies 7.9 billion gal US of stormwater storage, allowing the water to be treated before release into ...