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Underwood presents $1 million in federal funding for Lake Michigan water project · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Underwood presents one million dollars in federal funding for Lake
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  Speaker 1: Michigan water project. Written by Eric Shelkopf, This article is
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  Speaker 1: US Representative Lauren Underwood D Naperville wants to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that Oswego, Yorkville, and Montgomery will have a sufficient supply
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  Speaker 1: of drinking water for years to come. As the area
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  Speaker 1: continues to grow, their current water source, the Ironton Galesville
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  Speaker 1: Deep Sandstone Aquifer, will be unable to meet projected demand
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  Speaker 1: as early as twenty fifty, with some Oswego wells at
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  Speaker 1: risk as early as twenty thirty three. On Thursday, Underwood
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  Speaker 1: presented leaders from the three communities with just more than
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  Speaker 1: one million dollars in federal funding for water infrastructure upgrades
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  Speaker 1: that will allow the three communities to store and clean
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  Speaker 1: water from Lake Michigan. I made it a priority to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that we're supporting these folks in Yorkville, Oswego,
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  Speaker 1: and Montgomery with the DuPage Water Commission project, Underwood said,
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  Speaker 1: following a tour of the Ogden Falls Receiving Station on
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  Speaker 1: Ogden Falls Boulevard in Oswego, which is part of the
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  Speaker 1: Lake Michigan Water project. The aquifers are running dry. It's time.
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to be able to be here and see
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  Speaker 1: the progress, she said. Oswego Village President Ryan Kaufman noted
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  Speaker 1: that Underwood has been a big supporter of the project
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  Speaker 1: for the three communities. He talked how the ogden Falls
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  Speaker 1: receiving station figures into the project. The pipeline currently ends
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  Speaker 1: in Naperville, he said, and it is coming from Naperville
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  Speaker 1: into Oswego, and then there's going to be a spur
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  Speaker 1: that goes into Montgomery and a spur that goes into Yorkville,
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  Speaker 1: but it really starts here, So this is the jumping
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  Speaker 1: off point, if you will. In June, officials participated in
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  Speaker 1: a groundbreaking ceremony at Oswego East High School for the
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  Speaker 1: thirty mile nearly four hundred million dollars Lake Michigan Transmission
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  Speaker 1: Main extension to provide Lake Michigan water to the three communities.
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  Speaker 1: The waterlink project will construct approximately thirty miles of new
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  Speaker 1: transmission main, expanding the Lake Michigan service area westward. The
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  Speaker 1: project is also being funded through US Environmental Protection Agency loans,
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  Speaker 1: as well as financing from the Illinois State Revolving Fund
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  Speaker 1: and local General Obligation bonds. Waterlink represents more than just
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  Speaker 1: an infrastructure project. To Page, Water Commission Chairman Jim Zay
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  Speaker 1: told those attending the ceremony, it's a lifeline for our communities.
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  Speaker 1: By securing access to clean water, we're investing in public health,
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  Speaker 1: economic growth, and environmental resilience. This marks the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: a project that will serve generations to come. Construction kicked
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  Speaker 1: off in December, and teams currently are working along Book
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  Speaker 1: Road and at the intersection of ninety fifth Street and
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  Speaker 1: Wolfe's Crossing Road in Naperville. The project is expected to
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  Speaker 1: bring Lake Michigan water to the three communities by twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight. It is scheduled to be done in the
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  Speaker 1: winter of twenty twenty seven. Cosman said, However, we cannot
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  Speaker 1: flip the switch to change the source over from groundwater
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  Speaker 1: to Lake Michigan water until the spring summer of twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight due to the temperature differential in the groundwater
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  Speaker 1: and Lake Michigan water. The Grand Prairie Water Commission is
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  Speaker 1: working to provide Lake Michigan water to Joliet and five
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  Speaker 1: other communities. Chanahan Crest Hill, Minuka, Romaville, and Shorewood. The
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  Speaker 1: goal is for the communities and the Commission to have
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  Speaker 1: Lake Michigan water by twenty thirty. Underwood also was able
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  Speaker 1: to secure just more than one million dollars in federal
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  Speaker 1: funding for that project. Lake Michigan water has been described
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  Speaker 1: as being softer and having a more neutral taste because
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  Speaker 1: of lower levels of calcium and magnesium.