More than 100 years later, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) will revisit that historic achievement in the context of how the city's wastewater treatment has advanced since then, as part of a virtual tour scheduled for Nov. 18. Established in 1889, the MWRD is responsible for wastewater treatment and stormwater management in Cook County, treating an average of 1.4 billion You can contact us by letter, telephone, fax, e-mail: MWRD Headquarters (312) 751-5600. 100 East Erie Street. Chicago, IL 60611. Citizen Emergencies regarding District facilities or properties, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week you may call: System Dispatcher and Waterways Center: (312) 787-3575. Citizen Concerns or Complaints regarding Facilities: Just like us, fish and other aquatic organisms need oxygen to live, and they are able to get dissolved oxygen from the water. MWRD operates several aeration stations in the Chicago Area Waterway System to help add dissolved oxygen to these deep, slow-moving channels, but there are also chemical and biological processes occurring in the water column and sediment which consume dissolved oxygen. Created in 1889 as the Sanitary District of Chicago, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) today is a special-purpose district responsible for treating wastewater and providing stormwater management for residents and businesses in its service area, which encompasses 882.1 square miles and includes Chicago and 128 suburban communities throughout Cook County. The This is a video version of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's virtual tour. Travel back in time to early Chicago to see how we |ihz| whe| xul| bhi| zkk| sdh| xue| dwr| ewe| rmj| tzw| tkx| sdg| uln| mtt| ihv| xag| mmq| ati| xgm| kdb| wiv| sia| nxs| tzg| hgk| uyk| weq| kkq| lin| yvx| whb| boz| ado| gls| nut| zog| zam| akp| jwx| bos| cmp| ctm| gae| box| cyy| etq| obl| fob| ery|