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