Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Chemical Toilet Waste Program

Chemical Toilet Wastes Disposal Ordinance amended 06/07/2012

Chemical Toilet Wastes Permit Application — RD-400 (Fillable)

Material Delivery Form - RD-401 (Fillable)

Chemical Toilet Wastes Coupon Order Form (Fillable) (with instructions)

Engineering Consultant Resume Form

The MWRD’s Engineering Department is inviting consulting firms to submit a Consultant Resume to be listed in the Engineering Department Consultant Resume Database. Please take the time to fill out the form and include any attachments.

This information is used to aid our engineers in the consultant selection process. The resume provides the MWRD with a summary of your company’s core competencies. A resume must be on file in order for your firm to be considered for consulting services. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Should you have any questions, please contact Lou Storino at StorinoL@mwrd.org or (312)751-3167.

Environmental Wastewater Remediation Program

Environmental Remediation Wastewater Ordinance

Special Discharge Authorization Request Form — SDA-100 (with instructions)

Special Discharge Authorization Request Raw Wastewater Priority Pollutant Report — SDA-202 revised 7/26/05

Special Discharge Authorization Priority Pollutant Monthly Report — SDA-203

IICP Reporting Forms

Information is available on the IICP page

IICP Annual Summary Report Submittal Flowchart

IICP Year 1 Flowchart

IICP Year 2-5 Flowchart

Long Term Operation & Maintenance Program

Complete LTOMP Annual Summary Report

LTOMP Certification Form

LTOMP Annual Summary Report

Status of High Priority Deficiencies Form

Capital Improvement Plan

Short Term Requirements Annual Summary Report and Attachments

Complete STR Annual Summary Report

STR Certification Form

STR Annual Summary Report

Status of High Priority Deficiencies Form

Capital Improvement Plan

Condition Assessment Prioritization Form

System Description and Inventory Form

Other Forms

SSO & BB Internal Summary

Checklists

Short Term Requirements Checklist

Long Term Operation and Maintenance Program Checklists

Private Sector Program Checklist

Please email the completed IICP Annual Summary Report to mwrdii@mwrd.org. If you wish to submit a hard copy, please address it to:

Ms. Ann Gray, P.E.
Engineering Department - Local Sewers System Section
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
111 East Erie Street, 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611-2893

Investment Partners

The MWRD is authorized to invest in securities as defined by the Public Funds Investment Act (30 ILCS 235). Details of all authorized securities are defined in the MWRD’s Investment Policy.

Becoming an Approved Bank or Broker/Dealer

Banks and broker/dealers must meet the criteria defined in the MWRD’s Investment Policy in order to be approved to conduct business with the MWRD. Please see the following requirements:

Bank Requirements

Checklist

Certificate of Acknowledgment

Collateral Requirements

Broker/Dealer Requirements

Checklist

Certificate of Acknowledgment

Approved Banks and Broker/Dealers

Approved Banks

Approved Broker/Dealers

Leasing MWRD Real Estate

Leasing MWRD Real Estate Manual

Lobbyist Registration Statement

Permit Applications and Forms

Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO)

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WMO Permit Forms (October 2022)

Minimum Permit Submittal Checklist (184 KB)

Full Permit Application (588 KB)

Permit Cover (155 KB)

General Conditions (131 KB)

Schedule A – Project Information (128 KB)

Schedule B – Sewer Summary (136 KB)

Schedule C – Sewer Connections (59 KB)

Schedule D – Detention & Stormwater Management Facilities - Legacy (238 KB)

Schedule D – Detention & Stormwater Management Facilities - WMO (177 KB)

Schedule E – Lift Station / Force Main (108 KB)

Schedule F – Characteristics of Waste Discharge (304 KB)

Schedule G – Treatment/Pretreatment Facilities (101 KB)

Schedule H – Hazard Areas (Floodplain / Floodway / Riparian Environments) (296 KB)

Schedule J – Affidavit Relative to Compliance with Article 7 (34 KB)

Schedule K - Affidavit of Disclosure of Property Interest (201 KB)

Schedule L – Notice of Requirements for Stormwater Detention (251 KB)

Schedule O – Outfall, Direct Connection, District Owned or Leased Property (72 KB)

Schedule P – Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (139 KB)

Schedule R – Recording and Maintenance (311 KB)

Schedule W – Wetlands, Buffers, and Riparian Environments (293 KB)

Certification and Signature Pages (59 KB)

Request for Final Inspection (RFI) (78 KB)

Schedule L – Release (100 KB)

Schedule R – Release (100 KB)

Other Permit Types (April 2022)

Notification and Request for Inspection (NRI) (161 KB)

Single Family Home - Special Flood Hazard Area (123 KB)

Facilities Connection Authorization (273 KB)

Earthwork/Foundation Limited Permit (119 KB)

Green Infrastructure Form for Public Leases (692 KB)

Wetland/Riparian Environment Verification (272 KB)

Resources for Authorized Municipalities (Link)

Watershed Management Permit Fees (April 2022)

WMO Permit Fee Schedule (199 KB)

Fee Payment Voucher (4.59 MB) Policy (85 KB)

See common question about Connection Impact Fees here.

Pretreatment and Enforcement Forms

Notification of User's Monitoring Sampling Dates-UC-150

Request for Confidentiality of Document Submitted in Compliance with User Charge Ordinance and/or Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance 08/17

Pretreatment Program

Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance amended 12/15/2022
Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance amended 5/20/2021

Discharge Authorization Request — RD-118

Discharge Authorization – General Conditions

Continued Compliance Report — RD-115 revised 07/28/2023 (Now Fillable!)

Compliance Schedule — RD-112 revised 09/01/2013 (Now Fillable!)

Final Compliance Report — RD-114 revised 07/28/2023 (Now Fillable!)

Pretreatment Malfunction, Slug Discharge, Bypass, or Accidental Spill Notification Report — RD-116

Priority Pollutants Monthly Reporting Form — RD-202

FVEC - Report of Flammable, Volatile, Explosive, Corrosive Materials revised 07/05

Industrial User Guidance Documents

Elements of a Slug Control Plan

Control Manhole and Sampling Chamber Installation and Access Requirements

Lists of Users

***PLEASE NOTE THE LISTS ARE DYNAMIC AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE***

List of Significant Industrial Users

List of Significant Industrial Users in Exemplary Compliance

Publication Criteria for Significant Noncompliance

List of Published Significant Noncompliance Users

List of Large Commercial-Industrial and Tax-Exempt Users

Resource Recovery Program

Resource Recovery Ordinance as amended 10/1/2020

Program Description

Organic Material Delivery Authorization Application (Fillable)

Material Acceptance Agreement (Fillable)

Material Delivery Form - RD-401 (Fillable)

Bio-P Program Definitions

CTW and Bio-P Coupon Payment Form

Sewer Atlas Information - How to Purchase

The Engineering Department maintains three (3) atlases: TARP and Flood Control, Sewer, and Combined Sewer Area. The MWRD atlases have been deemed exempt from disclosure in accordance with Section 7(1)(k) of the Freedom of Information Act. However, if you’d like to make a request for a specific, narrowed location within the atlas, we will consider release of those records after weighing potential security risks. Requests are made through the Office of Public Affairs, in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). For FOIA procedures and fee schedules, click here.

1. TARP and Flood Control Atlas (31 oversized pages)

The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP), also referred to as the Deep Tunnel, shows the underground tunnels used to intercept stormwater overflow and convey it to large storage reservoirs. TARP is comprised of four major subsystems: Mainstream, Calumet, Des Plaines and O’Hare (Upper Des Plaines).

Maps in this atlas show the following:

Boundary of MWRD service area
Location and size of MWRD TARP Tunnels
Location of drop shafts, connecting structures and interceptor connections
Location of flood control projects
Location of MWRD channels
Flood control projects location plans

2. Sewer Atlas (31 oversized pages)

In order to collect wastewater from local sewer systems and convey it to the treatment plants, the MWRD has constructed 547 miles of intercepting sewers, including force mains.

Maps in this atlas show the following:

Boundary of MWRDGC service area
Location and size of MWRDGC plants, and pumping stations
Location, size and depth of MWRDGC sewers
Location of MWRDGC channels
Local sanitary districts
Facility planning areas (service basins)

3. Combined Sewer Area Atlas (31 oversized pages)

The combined sewer system is designed to collect a mixture of rainfall runoff, domestic and industrial wastewater in the same pipe for conveyance to wastewater treatment plants.

Maps in this atlas show the following:

Boundary of MWRDGC service area
Location of MWRDGC combined sewers

State Revolving Fund (SRF) Project Public Notification

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has implemented a nationwide initiative focused on enhancing public awareness of EPA financial assistance. Another goal of this initiative is to increase public awareness regarding improvements that municipalities make as a result of the SRF loan programs. Beginning October 1, 2015, all loan recipients in Illinois are required to make project public notifications.

The SRF Loan Fund provides low-interest loans to finance qualifying projects. Upon project completion, MWRD bonds are issued at the same low-interest rate. The current interest rate for new loans issued 7/1/23 through 6/30/24 to the MWRD is 1.81 percent. The MWRD has authorized approximately $2.4 billion of SRF loans since the program's inception. Several projects are currently financed through SRF loans.

The MWRD expects to receive $59.2 million in 2023 and approximately $25 million annually in new SRF loans for the next several years. The SRF Loan Fund replaced the Federal Construction Grants program from which the MWRD had historically received 55 to 75 percent direct funding for qualifying capital improvements.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago has received SRF loan funding from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Water Pollution Control Program for the following projects in the year indicated. Click on the project title for more information on the project.

2023
SRF Loan No. L175165 – MWRD Contract 21-091-3P Phosphorus Removal Modifications at Battery D, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant
SRF Loan No. L173807 – MWRD Contract 19-155-3MR Boilers 3, 4, 5 and MCC Replacement, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
SRF Loan No. L175574 – MWRD Contract 16-127-3DR A/B and C/D Service Tunnel Rehabilitation Phase Three, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant

2022
SRF Loan No. L175569 – MWRD Contract No. 18-702-31 Furnish, Deliver, and Install Disc Filters at the Egan WRP
SRF Loan No. L175523 – MWRD Contract No. 15-069-3D Rehabilitation of Steel Spandrel Beams of Pump and Blower House, O’Brien WRP
SRF Loan No. L174620 – MWRD Contract No. 07-027-3SR North Side Sludge Pipeline Replacement Section 1

2021
SRF Loan No. L173801 – MWRD Contract 20-903-31 Furnish, Deliver and Install Coarse Screens, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
SRF Loan No. L175578 – MWRD Contract No. 18-144-3M Mainstream TARP Pumps Rehabilitation, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
SRF Loan No. L172742 – MWRD Contract No. 19-542-3M Central Boiler Facility and Electrical Updates, Hanover Park WRP

2020
SRF Loan No. L172744 – MWRD Contract No. 19-157-3P Installation of Mechanical Mixers, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant

2019
SRF Loan No. L173798 – MWRD Contract No. 18-277-3M Digester Sludge Heating System Upgrades and Boiler Removal, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant
SRF Loan No. L172129 -- MWRD Contract No. 17-844-3P Furnish and Install Odor Control System, Calumet, Hanover Park and Kirie Water Reclamation Plants
SRF Loan No. L175517 -- MWRD Contract No. 11-186-3F Addison Creek Reservoir, Bellwood, IL
SRF Loan No. L174708 – MWRD Contract No. 17-134-3MR Odor Control Facilities at Sludge Concentration, Southwest Coarse Screen, Overhead Weir, and Post-Centrifuge Building, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
SRF Loan No. L172741 – MWRD Contract No. 17-842-3H Modifications to TARP Control Structures and Drop Shafts, CSA and SSA
SRF Loan No. L172130 – MWRD Contract No. 17-140-3P Digester Rehabilitation and Gas Piping Replacement, SWRP