Sewer Study Findings Will Be Presented at Open House

A consultant’s recommended improvements to the village’s sanitary and storm sewer system will be unveiled at a special presentation on Aug. 22.

The presentation and open house will be held in the cafetorium of , 4780 N. Marlborough Dr., at 6 p.m. The cafetorium is located on the south side of the building and can be accessed from Marlborough Drive.

The consultants, engineering firm Donohue and Associates, were tasked with analyzing sanitary and storm sewer systems across the village and creating solutions to address flooding and basement backups in homes.

Donohue will join village staff at the open house, along with their subconsultants Ayres Associates and Superior Engineering, to present the preliminary results and recommendations for improvements contained within the sanitary and storm sewer analysis.

Representatives from Crispell Snyder will also be there, as their has been incorporated into the work being conducted by Donohue.

The presentation and open house will offer information based on the findings the consultants have made so far.

"This should be a working plan that will need some minor tweaks," Assistant Village Engineer Aaron Jahncke said."We should be able to start identifying what we should do in those areas."

Given that Crispell Snyder's smaller project is tagged at $5 million, Jahncke said he estimates the price tag for Donohue's villagewide project will be around $20 million.

The final report, which is tentatively expected to be completed in October, will contain addition flow monitoring of 13 separate locations in the sanitary sewer system that will provide actual data that can be integrated into the final report.

Also, the presentation will not contain specific information about a Private Property Inflow and Infiltration program. A village committee of trustees was established at the July Village Board meeting to study the various policy options available for a PPII program and to make a recommendation to the full Village Board.

Thoughts and suggestions can be directed to PPII Committee Chairman James Roemer, Kevin Buckley and Lauri Rollings.