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Resilience and opportunity in Robbins: MWRD officials, village leaders, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, IL Gov. JB Pritzker, Cook County and others to mark completion of first phase of work on critical flood relief project
October 30, 2024
The MWRD and project partners will celebrate the progress made on the Robbins Heritage Park and Midlothian Creek Restoration Project.
ASCE Illinois honors MWRD engineering at Addison Creek Reservoir
October 30, 2024
The 600-acre-foot reservoir, designed to capture 195 million gallons of storage capacity, was completed in 2023.
MWRD FLOW - November 2024
October 30, 2024
For The Love of Water (FLOW) is a summary of news from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
Surveying the fish population: 50 years of MWRD data demonstrates resurgence, revitalization in area waterways
October 29, 2024
MWRD aquatic biologists conduct fish monitoring periodically at 26 locations throughout its service area, which includes the Chicago, Calumet, and Des Plaines River Systems.
MWRD Chairman of Finance Marcelino Garcia hosts delegation from Kyiv, Ukraine for infrastructure tour
October 28, 2024
The group visited the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan McCook Reservoir, and the Mainstream Pumping Station where they discussed water reclamation efforts and explored shared goals in sustainability and infrastructure.
"At this Northwestern professor's lab, plastic-eating microbes show promise to gobble up microplastics in nature," Chicago Sun-Times
October 28, 2024
The 18-person team’s latest finding has helped science inch closer to answering a question that’s perplexed researchers for years: Can the bacteria that cling to plastic bottles in rivers eat up all of that plastic and help get rid of that pollutant?