Du Page Water Commission

Du Page Water Commission Drinking Water Report Info
In one regard, DuPage County, found only west of Chicago in northeastern Illinois, is average of numerous zones close to enormous urban focuses; a great part of the land initially bound for cultivating was created rather for private and business purposes. As this occurred in DuPage, an alluring territory with provincial intrigue, the populace developed relentlessly to an aggregate of 904,000 by 2000. By the mid-1950s, it had turned out to be evident to numerous that the water important to supply this developing county, which originated from profound and shallow wells, was being drained quicker than nature could renew it. Moreover, the nature of the groundwater didn't constantly fulfill administrative guidelines. Municipalities in the county, understanding that they lived just 20 miles from one of the nation's most noteworthy regular assets, started exploring the practicality of getting Lake Michigan water for DuPage County. In 1955, the Tree Towns Commission was shaped to administer the making of a system that would supply Elmhurst, Lombard and Villa Park with Lake Michigan water. The presence of transient groundwater supply sources in DuPage, and protection from the withdrawal of lake water thwarted advancement for over 20 years. Nonetheless, solicitations to state and government bodies for option, reliable water assets proceeded, and eventually prompted the arrangement of the DuPage Water Commission. At long last, in 1980, the State of Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Water Resources, (the administrative body in charge of control of Lake Michigan's water use), conceded a large number of the county's municipalities a distribution of lake water. In March of 1984, the Commission consented to a 40-year arrangement to purchase water from the City of Chicago for redistribution in DuPage County. The Water Commission Act of 1985 gave the Commission the authority to back, structure, build and work a Lake Michigan-to-DuPage County water supply system. In 1986, the Commission went into "wholesale" Water Purchase Agreements with 23 DuPage County municipalities and started the development of the second biggest water supply system in the State of Illinois. The Commission at long last went into full activity on May 1, 1992..