District 2B consists of Kane, Lake and McHenry Counties.
WATERCON2017 was held in Springfield towards the end of March. EEI participated in one of over 200 technical presentations at this year's largest water conference in the State. Our presentation this year was as follows:
Sub-Regional Water Supply and Treatment Analysis Defines Sustainable Water Supply Plan for Three Lower Fox River Watershed Communities
Presented by:
Jeff Freeman, P.E., CFM, LEED AP, Vice President, EEI
Presentation Overview:
The Villages of Montgomery and Oswego and the United City of Yorkville currently provide potable water to approximately 83,000 people. The 2050 population projection for the Oswego, Yorkville, Montgomery Sub-Region is approximately 193,000 people. All three of the communities currently depend on the deep aquifer system, whose water level is declining at the highest rate southeast of the three communities. Given the long term concerns with the sustainability of their current water supply resources, the three communities embarked on a journey to develop a sustainable sub-regional water supply plan.
The plan included shallow sand and gravel aquifer resource evaluation, deep sandstone aquifer water modeling and Fox River modeling. The plan also included current trends (CT) and less resource intensive (LRI) water demand projection scenarios, along with a cost-effective evaluation of source water, treatment, storage and distribution improvements needed to meet each scenario. The plan also identified the total cost, potential cost distribution per community and potential future water supply and treatment rate for each community. Finally, the plan demonstrated the cost savings the three communities could realize with a minimal amount of additional water conservation within their communities. While the $185M+ plan will require a large investment, the three communities' future water rates project to be consistent with, or less than, many other surface water supplied communities in the area.
Unable to Attend or Missed EEI's Presentation this Year?
You may also view a PDF version on our website or a video version on our YouTube channel of the presentation.
As demonstrated within our presentation, EEI has had the opportunity to partner with communities to work through some challenging projects. Through partnerships such as these we are able to plan for the future, optimize operations and save communities money!
EEI, founded in 1974, is an award winning, progressive consulting engineering firm providing planning, design and construction services for infrastructure projects in northern Illinois.
