Category: Westside Storm Sewer
Should Wilmette have storm sewers that work? UPDATE: The village will be debating that question this Thursday, September 24, at an Open House (6 pm) and Municipal Services Committee meeting (7 pm). You are invited to bring your questions and comments to both parts of this event! Last …
During almost every discussion about Wilmette sewers, there comes a point when I realize: Wait a minute–we’re not talking about the same sewer system! In fact, Wilmette does not have one sewer, or two, it has three, possibly four, distinct systems. Paris has nothing on us! Can you …
Westside Storm Sewer Location: West of Ridge Road. History: Started at Kenilworth Gardens in 1920s, expanded in 1930s and ’50s. System For: Storm runoff Storm Sewer Specs: 49.79 miles of sewer lines. A network of sewer lines flow into a single Lake Ave trunk. The Lake Ave pump …
Saturday was one of those hot summer afternoons at the beach that ends with a downpour. One minute I was walking along a path at Gillson Park, enjoying a view of the lake between the sand dunes, smelling delicious slow-cook barbecue, and hearing the joyful hub-bub of kids …
I expected to be able to snooze through last week’s Wilmette Village Board meeting, since “sewers” and “flooding” weren’t on the agenda. But midway through, I was jolted awake… A seemingly trivial agenda item (a request for a zoning variance for new construction on a teardown site) turned …
In April, the Wilmette Village Board approved engineering studies to find “more economical” ways to improve Wilmette’s separate storm sewer. “Basically, this is an outgrowth of the initial study,” said Trustee Julie Wolf, Chair of the Municipal Services Committee, referring to the initial Separate Storm Sewer System Stormwater …
