Why the DuPage Water Commission is exploring options to dump Chicago as its provider and build its own pipeline from Lake Michigan.
DuPage Water Commission officials believe they can save money and provide cheaper water to customers if they build their own pipeline from Lake Michigan and circumvent Chicago, the agency's current supplier.
The report, commissioned from Arizona-based engineering and design firm Carollo, gave the commission three options where it could build an intake crib on the lake and then proceed to a treatment plant and then through a labyrinth of pipes to the water commission's pumping station in Elmhurst.The price tag is anticipated at roughly $5.3 billion to $7 billion, depending on the route they take, interest rates for a 30-year loan and construction costs.
The commission's current 40-year contract ends in March 2024. They have to inform Chicago by September what their plans are for extending the contract. Chicago water management officials said securing a new contract with the DuPage Water Commission was a"priority" and they"intend to work expeditiously" to negotiate one.
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