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The scope and cost for building Yorkville’s new water towers · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  The scope and cost of building Yorkville new water towers. This
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  Everlet. Before Lake Michigan water arrives, the city of Yorkville is making
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  a large investment in its water delivery infrastructure. How much larger? The
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  current water towers behind Yorkville High School holds around three hundred thousand
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  gallons of water Once completed, the new Northwest Water Tower will hold
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  around two million gallons of water. Construction on new water towers and
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  receiving stations is currently on schedule to deliver the first Lake Michigan
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  water to residents in the summer of 2028, according to The
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  city engineer, Brad Sanderson of Engineering Enterprises Inc. Of Sugar Grove. Sanderson
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  said The DuPage Water Commission has recently told the city that all
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  pipeline extensions from Naperville out to Oswego, Montgomery, and Yorkville are also
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  running on schedule. The city is aiming to finish all its water
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  infrastructure by the fall of 2027. The overall project is costing the
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  city around 224.4 million, with a federal loan covering around 170
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  million, and the rest financed through city bond issuance. The city is
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  in the midst of five consecutive years of 20 water rate hikes
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  to help cover the bills. Sanderson said the Extended DuPage Water Commission
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  water pipes will first reach the city in late 2027 or early
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  2028. That's the target, and it's still on schedule at this point,
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  Sanderson said. Sanderson said residents should already be able to notice many
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  of the active construction sites around town. Along Eldemain Road, north of
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  Cornell's Road, the Northwest Water Tank's frame is almost complete. The tower,
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  which will hold around 2 million gallons of water, will have its
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  steel work completed within the next month. The tower will be painted
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  in 2027 and fully completed by the end of 2027. The city
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  council has previously debated whether to paint a fox logo on the
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  exterior of the tank as they have on the town's current water
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  towers. The North Water Receiving Station, located at the Granda Reserve Water
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  Treatment Plant on Lehman Crossing, is currently under construction. Work crews are
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  installing plumbing and finishing the structure's foundations. The Northwest Water Tank and
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  the Northwater Receiving Station run around a combined 18.63 million. They
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  project is designed to significantly increase The city water intake capacities. The
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  water tank's northwest location was chosen by the city to cover water
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  demands from new residential subdivisions. It was also originally chosen to accommodate
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  the planned influx of data centers water intake back when they were
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  designed to use substantial amounts of water.
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  The city has since required data centers to be at least as
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  water efficient as closed circuit data centers which use far less water.
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  Further south in town, the stand pipestyle water tower off of US
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  Route seventy one has ready been erected with completed steel work. Once
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  running, The water tower will hold one million gallons of water. Painting
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  operations have already begun and should be completed by the end of
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  this construction season. At
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  the South Water receiving station, crews are laying the foundation work of
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  the structure. Sanderson said both the standpipe tower and the South Receiving
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  Station are ready to be completed by the fall of twenty twenty
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  seven. The Standpipe water Tower will be 138 feet tall. It is
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  located directly north of Illinois Route 126, east of Wing Road and
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  south of Illinois Route 71. The site will also house a DuPage
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  Water Commission metering building. The infrastructure at the site is running around
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  6.8 million including the water tower, receiving station, and metering building.
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  Sanderson previously said the new water towers will help ensure the Lake
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  Michigan water is distributed evenly throughout town. To accommodate the higher intake
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  of water, the city is also currently constructing the Illinois Route 126
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  Water Main and the Blue STE Water Main.