Elmhurst Consent Order On Flooding May End

ELMHURST, IL – Elmhurst and the state attorney general's office are poised to end a decade-old consent order mandating local stormwater system improvements.

The order followed severe flooding that happened several times between 2010 to 2013.

On Monday, the city's public works committee plans to review a request by the city and the state to terminate the order. The request would be filed in DuPage County Court.

In January 2022, city attorney Andrew Acker wrote state officials with a proposal to end the order. Since the order was issued, the city has completed significant work addressing stormwater issues, costing $37 million, he said.

The city has suffered no widespread flooding in years. More than a decade ago, residents would fill the City Council's chambers to express their frustrations with flooding.