Board meetings are open to the public and can be streamed online.

The O’Brien plant opened in October 1928. At the time, it was the largest sewage treatment facility in the world. Nearly a century later, it still serves over 1.3 million people across 143 square miles.

For The Love of Water (FLOW) is a summary of news from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s (MWRD’s) commitment to public engagement has landed its Office of Public Affairs a Gold Level designation from the Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association’s (ISAWWA) Water Ambassador Program. This is the highest honor granted through the initiative.

A comprehensive flood mitigation project that officials say will add 4.5 million gallons of floodwater storage capacity for Crestwood and Midlothian was presented to residents.

The event is part of Chicago River Day, an annual, region-wide initiative to protect and restore local waterways.