North Side Water Reclamation Plant
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A facility of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
The main portion of the North Side Water Reclamation Plant began operation in 1928 and was a model for modern sewage treatment technology. The Plant serves over 1.3 million people residing in a 141 square mile area which includes the City of Chicago, north of Fullerton Avenue and the northern Cook County suburbs.
The North Side Plant removes pollutants from wastewater through a series of physical and biological processes. The Plant has a design capacity of 333 million gallons per day.
