With impending rain, the MWRD encourages area residents and business owners to reduce water use during and after the storm to help prevent flooding and protect water quality.

With more heavy rains in the forecast, CBS 2 Chicago interviews the MWRD's Director of Maintenance and Operations Director Ed Staudacher and West Side residents having experienced past flooding.

The MWRD urges residents and business owners to conserve water with heavy rains in the forecast Wednesday.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago issued an "overflow action day" alert for Wednesday, telling residents to limit water use to help prevent sewers from backing up.

With impending rain, the MWRD encourages area residents and business owners to reduce water use during and after the storm to help prevent flooding and protect water quality.

Leaders from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) joined Robbins Mayor Darren E. Bryant, Robbins trustees, member of the Robbins Eagles football club and residents on Saturday to celebrate the new Rocky Clark Legacy Field in Robbins, a project made possible by the transformative stormwater improvements underway at the MWRD’s nearby Robbins Heritage Park and Midlothian Creek Restoration Project.