A south suburban group wants Joliet to consider a third option before deciding in January where the city will go for Lake Michigan water.<\/p>\n
The Southland Water Agency sent a letter Thursday to the mayor and City Council contending Joliet could reduce costs by joining the system the agency is developing to distribute Lake Michigan water to the south suburbs.<\/p>\n
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Joliet\u00a0since January has looked primarily at two options: building its own pipeline to the Indiana shoreline or buying water from the city of Chicago.<\/p>\n
The Southland Water Agency letter, however, said it submitted to city staff “over 100 pages of requested documentation in mid-October with the understanding that follow-up discussions would ensue” before being informed last month on the day of a City Council workshop meeting on the water project that the proposal would not be presented to the council.<\/p>\n
City staff and consultants previously\u00a0dropped Southland Water Agency from consideration in November 2019 as it narrowed options in a search for a future source to replace Joliet well water by 2030<\/p>\n
Joliet Utilities Director Allison Swisher said Southland Water Agency was invited to submit a proposal after contacting the city again about the possibility of supplying Lake Michigan water.<\/p>\n
“Based on what was submitted, we were not able to determine that they would be able provide water to Joliet in 2030,” Swisher said.<\/p>\n
Joliet has targeted 2030 as a deadline based on forecasts that the aquifer now serving city wells will not be able to meet maximum demand by then.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A south suburban group wants Joliet to consider a third option before deciding in January where the city…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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