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At the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, 6 million gallons of treated water per day is used, saving energy and money and reducing demand on drinking water. In addition, the MWRD is pursuing additional reuse applications for the high quality water produced at water reclamation plants.
They consult with these institutions on local plants, water chemistry, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and fish. 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.
A licensed environmental engineer and consultant to water utilities, she advocates for introducing water reuse to Illinois’ management of wastewater and stormwater, as most U.S. states already do.
The Biden administration announced $179 million for wastewater recycling projects, boosting plans to build the nation's largest plant in Southern California.
The term "water reuse" is generally used interchangeably with terms such as wastewater reuse, water reclamation, and water recycling. A definition by the USEPA states: "Water reuse is the method of recycling treated wastewater for beneficial purposes, such as agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes, toilet flushing, and groundwater replenishing (EPA, 2004)."
It would also improve sampling protocols used by public water systems. All of this, a monumental task, especially for cities like Chicago. "We're number one in the country, 400,000 lead service lines.
Aerial view of Phase II of the McCook Reservoir under construction in 2023. The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (abbreviated TARP and more commonly known as the Deep Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan by diverting ...
The Metropolitan Water District plans to start direct potable reuse as part of its Pure Water Southern California project, building a $6-billion facility in Carson that is slated to become the ...