Episode 16: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District-MWRD

In this episode, we visit the Terrence J. O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant (WRP), which is part of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago located at Howard and McCormick in Skokie. We speak with Kimberly Du Buclet, one of the commissioners of the MWRD, Aruch Poonsapaya, the O'Brien WRP Operations Manager and Patrick Thomas, the public affairs specialist for the MWRD.

The main portion of the Terrence J. O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) began operation in 1928 and was a model for modern sewage treatment technology. Formerly known as the North Side WRP, the plant serves today more than 1.3 million people residing in a 143-square-mile area that includes Chicago, north of Fullerton Avenue and the 17 suburbs in northern Cook County. The O'Brien WRP removes pollutants from wastewater through a series of physical and biological processes. The plant cleans an average of 230 million gallons of wastewater per day (mgd) and has the capacity to treat 450 mgd.

We discuss the purpose of the MWRD which is to protect our waterways, the operation of the facility and the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP). We also talk about the vast amount of community outreach the MWRD has, including tours of their facilities. More information can be found on their website or on social media. Their website can be found here: https://www.mwrd.org

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