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South Lyons Sanitary District plans to put $5.3 million of stimulus money in the sewer where it belongs.
The district announced a major sewer reconstruction project this week as a result of a federal grant slated for infrastructure improvements.
District Engineer Tom Heuer said the emphasis of the project is to eliminate all sources of groundwater from entering into the sewer system.
“It’s been a growing and growing problem,” he said. “This project has been developed to address all of the ground water sources we have identified.”
The entire project entails replacing sections of sewer where structural defects or actual leaking of the sewer occurs, Heuer said..
“That involves a lot of the building service connections that have failed,” he said. “We televised the sewer main and assessed the conditions all along. We found 380 connections that are defective. That’s quite a few.”
“We have about 50,000 lineal feet of sewer we are lining with a liner to seal off joints and minor cracks that are leaking and we will be water proofing 800 manholes within that target area as well,” Heuer said. “It’s a $5 million job.”
The project is expected to take a year.
Superintendent Chris Breakey said crews will be removing 300 feet of 15-inch sewer along Ninth Avenue between Plainfield Road and 55th Street as part of the project. The problem is infiltration of ground water into the aging sanitary sewer. When groundwater over-taxes the system, it can back up, along with sewage, into homes.
It also burdens the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s treatment system where the raw sewage is treated.
“The president talked about rebuilding the infrastructure, and this is definitely part of that,” Breakey said. “It’s a 50-year-old system and while some of it has been replaced over the years, a lot of it still needs to be. We’ve been trying to do a lot of sewer work for some time. It’s quite an extensive project.”
Breakey said some sewer lines have already been cleaned and televised to identify problem areas where sewer linings will be installed.
Sanitary District President Tom Peck said the problem has been ongoing for years.
“As we receive money from bonds and grants we repair our system as much as we can,” Peck said. “This is a great thing for the district because it’s going to take care of many problems without raising taxes.”
South Lyons Sanitary District plans to put $5.3 million of stimulus money in the sewer where it belongs.
The district announced a major sewer reconstruction project this week as a result of a federal grant slated for infrastructure improvements.
District Engineer Tom Heuer said the emphasis of the project is to eliminate all sources of groundwater from entering into the sewer system.
“It’s been a growing and growing problem,” he said. “This project has been developed to address all of the ground water sources we have identified.”
The entire project entails replacing sections of sewer where structural defects or actual leaking of the sewer occurs, Heuer said..
“That involves a lot of the building service connections that have failed,” he said. “We televised the sewer main and assessed the conditions all along. We found 380 connections that are defective. That’s quite a few.”
“We have about 50,000 lineal feet of sewer we are lining with a liner to seal off joints and minor cracks that are leaking and we will be water proofing 800 manholes within that target area as well,” Heuer said. “It’s a $5 million job.”
The project is expected to take a year.
Superintendent Chris Breakey said crews will be removing 300 feet of 15-inch sewer along Ninth Avenue between Plainfield Road and 55th Street as part of the project. The problem is infiltration of ground water into the aging sanitary sewer. When groundwater over-taxes the system, it can back up, along with sewage, into homes.
It also burdens the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s treatment system where the raw sewage is treated.
“The president talked about rebuilding the infrastructure, and this is definitely part of that,” Breakey said. “It’s a 50-year-old system and while some of it has been replaced over the years, a lot of it still needs to be. We’ve been trying to do a lot of sewer work for some time. It’s quite an extensive project.”
Breakey said some sewer lines have already been cleaned and televised to identify problem areas where sewer linings will be installed.
Sanitary District President Tom Peck said the problem has been ongoing for years.
“As we receive money from bonds and grants we repair our system as much as we can,” Peck said. “This is a great thing for the district because it’s going to take care of many problems without raising taxes.”
