06/14/2017
On Saturday, June 10, District employees joined a group from First United Methodist Church, Downers Grove for the annual DuPage County River Sweep. Volunteers picked up about 17 garbage bags full of debris along St. Joseph Creek behind our wastewater treatment plant. Items such as glass bottles, cans, a truck tire, parts of a car seat and much more were removed. The DuPage County River Sweep is an annual cleanup event…
06/02/2017
Our 2017 newsletter is now available! Read about updates on the District’s current activities, programs and more. Highlights include: Sewer assistance programs including: Building Sanitary Service Repair Assistance Program Reimbursement Program for Sanitary Sewer Backups Caused by Public Sewer Blockages Reimbursement Program for the Installation of Overhead Sewers and Backflow Prevention Devices Paperless billing and payments options including EasyPay Students learn about wastewater Net-Zero Energy Facility Click here to view…
05/26/2017
Yesterday the District welcomed two delegates from Costa Rica to our Wastewater Treatment Center. Pictured here is our General Manager Nick Menninga with Alvaro Araya-Garcia and Manuel Lopez-Fonseca from Costa Rica’s water and wastewater agency, Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, or AyA for short. They toured our treatment plant and learned about our efforts to become a net-zero energy facility. Costa Rica strives to operate on 100% green energy,…
05/17/2017
Last week, the District hosted tours of the wastewater treatment plant for 6th graders from Eisenhower Jr High School in Darien. More than 160 students had the opportunity to see firsthand how the treatment plant operates. During their field trip, students also visited the DuPage Water Commission, the Elmhurst Quarry and SCARCE to learn more about water, how it is treated and what we can do to conserve it. Learn…
04/21/2017
On Monday, the District hosted tours of the wastewater treatment plant for students from Clarendon Hills Middle School. More than 200 students had the opportunity to see firsthand how the treatment plant operates and to learn about the sanitary district’s role in the community. Learn more about educational opportunities available through the District.
04/13/2017
Due to the District’s administration office being closed on Friday, April 14 in observance of Good Friday, this month’s sewer bill due date is Monday, April 17. Sewer bills are normally due on the 15th of the month. The District’s office will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday for customers to pay their bill in person. For more information about other payment options, visit Your Account page. If you are a customer experiencing a…
03/21/2017
District customers please note – the District will be upgrading its phone system the morning of Wednesday, March 22 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. limiting customers’ access to office resources. The District’s manned answering service will be available to answer any calls during this time. During this outage, District residents should continue to call the District at 630-969-0664 to report emergencies, such as sanitary sewer backups or…
03/10/2017
The District recently installed a bill payment kiosk in our Administration Office for customers who want to pay with a credit card in our office. The kiosk directs customers to the District website where they can easily access the online billing portal, Invoice Cloud. Through Invoice Cloud, customers can pay their sewer bill with a credit card or e-check. Please note, there is a convenience fee to use this service….
11/18/2016
If you’re frying a turkey this Thanksgiving, be sure to recycle all that cooking oil! Recycling used cooking oil helps divert thousands of pounds of oil and grease away from sewers, preventing major clogs and issues. As part of SCARCE‘s annual, one-day event, we will be collecting used, liquid cooking oil on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at our Administration Center. For more information about the event,…
11/14/2016
Effective Jan. 1, 2017 the payment collection box located in the Downers Grove Main Street train station will be removed. The District has three other collection boxes available throughout our service area located at: The District’s Administration Office at 2710 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove; The Village of Downers Grove Village Hall at 801 Burlington Avenue, Downers Grove; and The Village of Westmont Village Hall (Parking lot north of Village Hall…
