MWRD Assistant Director of Engineering, Kevin Fitzpatrick describes how the TARP "Deep Tunnel" project is an engineering marvel.

The MWRD’s Robbins Heritage Park and Midlothian Creek Restoration Project will help address overbank flooding through a new stormwater park and pond.

The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant is the world's largest wastewater facility cleaning an average of 700 million gallons of water per day.

Current will receive about $15 million over two years from the National Science Foundation, with up to $160 million over 10 years.

A Chicago nonprofit focused on water innovation, has won a federal grant worth up to $160 million for scientific research and economic development.

Federal funding allocated for the development of entry-level job training program for wastewater-based careers.

MWRD reminds residents to go easy on the salt.

Wastewater treatment plants often rely on chemical- and energy-intensive techniques to remove phosphorus before it can travel downstream.

Be sure to winterize your rain barrels.

Take an online pledge to help save the monarch butterfly, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and Illinois Monarch Project will give you a free packet of milkweed seeds.