n the photo (L-R): Theda Reed, Chris Parker, Jackie Hill, Helen Lekavich, Commissioner Debra Shore, Midlothian Trustee Karen Kreis, Gary...

The Ford Heights Board of Trustees convened on March 2 at the Municipal Center…   Representatives from the Metropolitan Water...

“The County is committed to helping communities increase resilience and reduce flooding problems,” said Susan Campbell, Director of the...

The latest improvement to the long-abused waterway is tucked inside a red brick building in north suburban Skokie, where a series of open...

This position is initially focused on RainReady Community planning in the south and west suburbs of Cook County to reduce urban flooding....

For years, the Midlothian residents have battled a rising tide of chronic flooding — and the related lost furniture, cars, appliances and...

Image courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency More than two years after federal researchers found high levels of lead in...

Article 8 of the Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO) requires satellite entities (local sanitary sewer owners) to submit an annual...

That was the idea when work began on the massive, $3.8 billion Deep Tunnel project, a network of four giant pipelines to dump sewage and...

There are opportunities related to solar energy to bring to your attention.  Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems are becoming more...

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s (MWRD’s) new Thornton Composite Reservoir has come to the aid of local...

Public Works Director Richard Rincich told aldermen this week that ComEd has replaced 72 lights with the energy-efficient bulbs during...

On hand for the celebration were SSMMA Executive Director Edward Paesel, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Tim...

Phase III of the Chatham Street Bridge got a major boost recently when the City of Blue Island was awarded a $1.6 million grant as part...

MWRD’s Calumet Wastewater Reclamation Plant There are a lot of things in the 1.2 billion gallons that pour through the world’s largest...

The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), through its Solar Market Pathways initiative, has awarded Cook County a grant to analyze the...

MWRD Senior Civil Engineer Dan Feltes at WMO training at SSMMA The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago conducted a...

Photo: Courtesy of Trails for Illinois A continuous biking and walking trail winding through 100 miles worth of Southland towns as part...

Creating a tax increment financing district encompassing the Panduit land, northwest of Ridgeland Avenue and 175th Street, could...