$2.6M To Help Fund Sanitary District Improvements In Wheaton

WHEATON, IL — The Wheaton Sanitary District will receive $2.6 million in funding via the Environmental Protection Agency to help with improvements to its wastewater treatment program.

The federal funding comes as part of Rep. Sean Casten's community initiatives for the 2023 fiscal year.

“Clean streams, rivers, and waterways are important to every community and Wheaton Sanitary District takes pride in being able to support this in the communities we serve,” Wheaton Sanitary District Executive Director Matthew Larson said in a news release.

Larson added, “The Community Project Funding Rep. Casten secured for Wheaton Sanitary will go directly to providing wastewater treatment infrastructure that will be used to keep our streams, rivers, and waterways clean.”

The sanitary district plans to use the funds to replace clarifier components in wastewater treatment system, install new splitter structures and upgrade the system's method of sludge conveyance to increase return flows.

Casten said, “After an extremely competitive project submission process and many months spent advocating tirelessly for our community, I am excited to see this project in action. I am proud to have fought for funding that will improve wastewater treatment and keep our community’s waterways clean.”