Online payments are currently available on weekdays (Mon - Fri) between 8am and 5pm Central Time. Please use online payments during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Earlier this year, the FBI issued a public warning about criminals impersonating city and county planning and zoning officials to solicit fraudulent payments for land-use and building permits. For more information, see the Federal Bureau of Investigation Public Service Announcement here: https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA260309

The MWRD email domain is “mwrd.org” and emails from MWRD staff will only come from emails using that domain.

MWRD will never ask you to pay permit fees by wire transfer, cryptocurrency, gift card, or peer-to-peer app (Zelle, Venmo, Cash App), and will never request your credit card information by email. All payments should be made through the “Make Payment” link on the MWRD website or by business check addressed to the METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO.

Click below to pay your User Charge bill, including: 913 Quarterly pre-payments, Interest charges, and Enforcement charges such as Non-Compliance Enforcement, Environmental Remediation Wastewater, and Late Filing fees. Additional PTCR Program information here.

Pretreatment and cost recovery payment

Click below to pay your Watershed Management Permit fees managed by the MWRD Local Sewer System Section (LSSS).  Additional information on the Watershed Ordinance here.  

WMO Permit Fees Payment

Click below to pay your real estate rental and easement invoice.  Additional information on MWRD Real Estate here.

Rental and Easement Payment 

Click below to purchase your Chemical Toilet/Septic Waste (CTW) and Biological Phosphorus (Bio-P) coupons. Additional information on the Resource Recovery Program here.  

Resource Recovery and Chemical Toilet Waste Payment

The Bid Deposit payment link is unique to each solicitation and only activated during advertised period.  Additional Bid information here.   

Advertised Real Estate Contract Bid Payment

Click below to pay all other miscellaneous payments not listed above.

Make a Miscellaneous Payment