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Section of Roth Road in Oswego reopens after construction for Lake Michigan water project · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Section of Roth Road in Oswego reopens after construction for Lake Michigan
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  Water Project. Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Roth Road is
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  now open to traffic near Wolf's Crossing Road in Oswego with the
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  completion of that portion of a project to construct a water line
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  for the Lake Michigan project. In June, area officials participated in a
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  groundbreaking ceremony at Oswego East High School for a 30-mile almost 400
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  million Lake Michigan transmission main extension to provide Lake Michigan water to
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  Oswego, Yorkville, and Montgomery. Their current water source, the Ereton Galesville
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  deep sandstone aquifer, will be unable to meet project demand as early
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  as 2050 with some Zuego wells at risk as early as 2033.
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  The
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  WaterLink project will construct about 30 miles of new transmission Maine, expanding
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  the Lake Michigan service area westward. The project is funded through U.S.
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  Environmental Protection Agency loans, as well as financing from the Illinois State
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  Revolving Fund and local general obligation bonds. The project is expected to
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  be completed in 2028. It will bring Lake Michigan water to 90,000
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  new customers. For more information on the Waterlink project and to sign
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  up for construction updates, go to WaterlinkPipeline.com.