11/15/2017
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. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at our Administration Center. For more information about the event, visit SCARCE’s…
11/10/2017
UPDATE: The phone system is back up. Thank you for your patience. The District’s phone system is currently down, and may be for most of the day. We are working as fast as possible to get it back up. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you are a customer with a billing or payment question, please email our Billing Coordinator at akasper@dgsd.org. If you are a customer…
10/10/2017
We had another great Open House this year! Thank you to everyone who joined us to make it such a memorable event.
09/08/2017
We care about water. A lot. In order to share that message better with you, we are working with the Water Research Foundation to learn more about our customers’ relationship with water. We need your help filling out this survey! Why help? Giving answers will result in: · Your voice being heard · More conversations around the things you want to hear about · More activities that align with your values…
08/18/2017
Join us for our 28th Annual Open House! Saturday, October 7, 2017 9 a.m. to noon Hosted at our Wastewater Treatment Center Every year we host an open house at our Wastewater Treatment Center. The Open House is an excellent opportunity for the community to learn about wastewater collection and treatment and its critical role in improving water quality. We host hundreds of guests, including scout troops, school groups, environmental…
07/03/2017
Last week the District was pleased to host a workshop in partnership with the Water Technology Alliance (WTA), part of the Consulate General of Denmark in Chicago. The workshop titled “From Energy Consumer to Energy Producer: The American WWTP of the Future” addressed practical methods and tools to achieve energy neutral wastewater treatment.
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…
