Construction Starting Soon On New Water Tower

GRAYSLAKE, IL — Construction will soon begin on a new water tower near Grayslake and Lake County Public Works Department is asking for your help in naming the tower.

The tower will be constructed at 18534 W. Old Gages Road, and public works officials are asking the public to decide between the following four options for naming the tower, which is located between Gages Lake and Wildwood:

• Gages Lake
• Wildwood
• Gages Lake/Wildwood
• No name at all - leave it blank

After requesting feedback in December, public works officials received overwhelming support for two additional names, which residents said they would like to see painted on the tower, and is now asking the public to sound off on their favorite, according to a news release from public works.

Those wishing to vote can do so by submitting this online form to choose the name you prefer.

You may also submit the name you prefer by e-mailing publicworks@lakecountyil.gov or mailing your choice to: Lake County Public Works, 650 W. Winchester Road, Libertyville, IL 60048

LCPW will leave the form open for submissions until Feb. 5. The name of the new water tower will be announced later this year.

The new water tower, which will bring water to more than 14,000 residents that has an average daily demand of nearly 1 million gallons of water, will replace the existing John Mogg Water Tower. That tower has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced to provide larger water storage reserves, according to county officials.

Water towers are constructed to provide water pressure to homes and businesses and to serve as emergency storage.

With the current water demand, residents living in the Wildwood Water system would be able to use water for less than one day in an emergency event such as a power outage. The new tower will provide up to three days of emergency storage, according to Lake County officials.

The new water tower will be 150 feet tall and will be able to hold 1.25 million gallons of water.