MWRD Vice President Barbara McGowan received the Millennium Builder’s Executive Leadership Award during the 2012 SMCA Millennium Builder’s Awards Banquet.
Since America Recycles Day began on November 15, 1997, countrywide recycling efforts have grown tenfold.
The MWRD hosted a public forum that focused on the contracting ordinance that impacts Minority-owned, Women-Owned and Small Business Programs.
Governor Pat Quinn recently announced the Illinois Dam Removal Initiative that will remove or modify 16 dams to improve water quality.
MWRD soil scientists have completed a research project focusing on biosolids and the results have been recently published in the Journal of Environmental Quality.
Governor Pat Quinn, U.S. EPA Administrator Jackson, and MWRD Commissioners launch $1 billion Illinois Clean Water Initiative
Construction is underway at the Heritage Park Flood Control Facility in Wheeling, and last week, U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin and Illinois State Representative Elaine Nekritz toured the area.
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To gain a better understanding of the processes that sewage undergoes before discharge, area legislators recently toured the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Cicero, Ill.
MWRD’s David St. Pierre offers a glimpse into the future of the wastewater treatment agency.
MWRD Commissioner Frank Avila has been named “2012 Citizen Engineer of the Year” by the American Society of Civil Engineers Illinois Section.
Staff from the MWRD participated on wastewater-related panels during the Water Environment Federation’s annual WEFTEC conference in New Orleans, LA last month
MWRD Executive Director David St. Pierre was one of 80 leaders invited to participate in a stormwater management conference held at the White House last month.
The MWRD and its community partners are working together to reduce basement back-ups and sanitary sewer overflows.
MWRD’s Chief of Police Kaye Heidenreich leads the organization’s public safety effort.
Three MWRD staff members addressed Olive-Harvey College students as part of the Speaker Series.
MWRDCommissioner Debra Shore helped unveil the “greenest street in America,” a two-mile stretch of Blue Island Avenue and Cermak Road in the Pilsen neighborhood on Tuesday.
MWRD collected 250 pounds of unwanted medications during the national Take Back Day Sept. 29
MWRD staff are volunteering for the Working in the School program for 10th year
The MWRD Board of Commissioners honored the Women’s Business Development Center during the Sept. 6 Board meeting.
Everyone knows about Labor Day. The perfectly timed day off that everyone gets at the end of summer, one last day to celebrate with barbecues, get-togethers, or any other fun activity you choose