Water is filtered through eight traveling screens to catch debris.
City of chicago water treatment plant.
A internationally recognized leader in wastewater treatment and stormwater management the mwrd treats an average of 1 3 billion gallons of wastewater each day via its seven water reclamation plants.
The primary function of the department of water management is the purification and transmission of potable water to the homes and business of chicago and 126 suburban communities.
These facilities provide an average 1 4 billion gallons of water to the city of chicago each day.
The jardine water purification plant formerly the central district filtration plant is a water filtration plant located at 1000 east ohio street north of navy pier in chicago illinois it draws raw water from two of the city s water cribs far offshore in lake michigan and supplies two thirds of city of chicago provided water to consumers in the northern downtown and western parts of the.
Jardine water purification plant chicago.
That s big enough to warrant having its own railway which it does.
Designed and built by chicago s bureau of engineering the plant began operating in 1964.
This system uses over 9 000 miles of water and sewer mains to reach all of its customers.
City of chicago department of water management scope at the heart of chicago s wastewater and freshwater purification network is the jardine plant considered the largest water treatment plant in the world capable of processing over 1 million gallons per minute.
The department of water management is also responsible for the transmission of the effluent from the homes and business of chicago to the metropolitan water reclamation district of greater chicago for treatment.
Water is pumped by low lift pumps up to 25 feet for the first chemical treatment.
The mwrd is the wastewater treatment and stormwater management agency for the city of chicago and 128 suburban communities throughout cook county.
Such a large system is not without challenges.
Jardine water purification plant provides virtually all of chicago s potable water though the smaller south water purification plant also helps provide for the south.
The city of chicago department of water management specified over 300 rotork intelligent iq actuators combined with iw quarter turn worm gearboxes and over 200 iqt part turn actuators to replace water hydraulic cylinders.
The stickney water reclamation plant is located on 570 acres of cicero il just southwest of chicago.
Chicago has another treatment plant in addition to jardine.
Chicago il may 1 2020 hundreds of rotork multi turn and part turn iq electric actuators and gearboxes have been installed as part of a us water filtration plant upgrade.
Water enters the purification plant s intake basin through a tunnel beneath the lake bed.