Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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flood control agency special-purpose governmental agency stormwater management agency wastewater treatment authority

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is a special-purpose governmental agency responsible for wastewater treatment, stormwater management, and flood control across the Chicago metropolitan area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago canonical 7
MWRD 1
Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood control agency ⓘ
special-purpose governmental agency ⓘ
stormwater management agency ⓘ
wastewater treatment authority ⓘ
aimsTo mitigate flooding ⓘ
protect public health ⓘ
protect the environment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
surface form: MWRD

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fundingSource grants ⓘ
property taxes ⓘ
user fees ⓘ
governmentLevel local government ⓘ
governs sanitary and ship canal wastewater system in Greater Chicago ⓘ
hasFunction collection and treatment of sewage ⓘ
flood risk reduction ⓘ
implementation of regional stormwater plans ⓘ
management of combined sewer overflows ⓘ
protection of water quality in area waterways ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
industry water and wastewater utilities ⓘ
jurisdiction most of Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
parts of neighboring counties in the Chicago region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
operates flood control reservoirs ⓘ
stormwater management infrastructure ⓘ
wastewater treatment plants ⓘ
regionServed Great Lakes region ⓘ
regulates discharges into local sewer systems ⓘ
industrial wastewater pretreatment ⓘ
relatedTo Calumet River ⓘ
surface form: Calumet River system

Chicago River ⓘ
surface form: Chicago River system

Des Plaines River ⓘ
Lake Michigan water quality ⓘ
responsibleFor flood control ⓘ
stormwater management ⓘ
wastewater treatment ⓘ
water pollution control ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
serves Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
City of Chicago ⓘ
Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
subjectTo Illinois state law ⓘ
federal environmental regulations ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody independent special district ⓘ
uses wastewater treatment plants and interceptor sewers ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago River → managedBy → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago → alsoKnownAs → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: MWRD
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago → alsoKnownAs → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal → operator → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
Cal-Sag Channel → operator → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
Cal-Sag Channel → maintainedBy → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
North Shore Channel → operator → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
North Shore Channel → maintainedBy → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
Chicago Area Waterway System → operator → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ