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Joliet details multi-year water-main replacement plan; 2025 work to cover about 30 miles
Summary
Director of Public Utilities Allison Swisher told the City Council the city will prioritize replacing water mains built before 1970, pair replacements with lead service-line removal at no cost to residents, and use low-interest state and federal financing including IEPA SRF and WIFIA.
Allison Swisher, director of public utilities for the City of Joliet, gave the City Council an update March 4 on a multi-year water-main replacement program aimed at cutting leaks and reducing the city’s non-revenue water.
Swisher told the council the program will prioritize mains constructed before 1970 and rely heavily on low-interest financing. “We are replacing all of the water mains within the city that were, constructed prior to 1970,” she said. She described the overall replacement effort and a separate 2025 work program focused on areas with the most water loss.
The city’s longer-term financing plan relies on the Illinois EPA State Revolving Fund (SRF) and the federal WIFIA program. Swisher said the broader program cost…
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