Elmhurst Water Reclamation Facility

Elmhurst Water Reclamation Facility The City of Elmhurst provides essential wastewater treatment services:

• A 20 million gallon per day (MGD) activated sludge treatment facility with seventeen buildings on eighteen acres located along Route 83
• Ten sanitary lift stations strategically located throughout the City
• High level of quality control through analytical testing to manage treatment facilities and meet State and Federal regulatory requirements
• Return clean water to Salt Creek (waters of the State)
• Provide solids handling and disposal for biosolids
• Manage quality assurance laboratory to provide operational control data and report to IEPA/USEPA

Sanitary Pumping Stations

• Operate and maintain ten sanitary pumping stations designed to convey wastewater to the wastewater treatment plant
• Operate sophisticated electrical controls designed to match discharge flows with incoming flows
• Maintain backup power supplies and flow instrumentation for documentation

Storm Water Pumping Stations

• Maintain and operate twelve stormwater pumping stations with a combined pumping capacity of greater than 500 million gallons per day
• Maintain and operate four storm water reservoirs located throughout Elmhurst

Additional Services

• Provide community recreational vehicle dump station
• Community creek watch during storm and high creek levels
• Monitor rainfall and groundwater records for emergency planning