<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"><!--Copyright (c) 1996-2020 Constant Contact. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under a separate
written agreement with Constant Contact, neither the Constant Contact software, nor any content that appears on any Constant Contact site,
including but not limited to, web pages, newsletters, or templates may be reproduced, republished, repurposed, or distributed without the
prior written permission of Constant Contact. For inquiries regarding reproduction or distribution of any Constant Contact material, please
contact legal@constantcontact.com.--><meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting"/><style>
@media only screen and (max-width:480px) {
body {
align:center;
topmargin:0;
leftmargin:0;
marginheight:0;
marginwidth:0;
width:100% !important;
min-width:100% !important;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;
-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;
}
table {
border-collapse:collapse;
mso-table-lspace:0pt;
mso-table-rspace:0pt;
}
td[class="MainWidth"] {
width:100% !important;
}
table[class="HideInMobile"], img[class="HideInMobile"], td[class="HideInMobile"] {
display: none !important;
}
td[class~="OneColumnMobile"], table[class~="OneColumnMobile"] {
width: 100% !important;
}
td[class~="OneColumn"], table[class~="OneColumn"] {
width: 100% !important;
display:block !important;
}
.BodyPadding {
padding: 15px 5px 15px 5px !important;
}
.BorderWidth{
padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px !important;
}
.PreheaderContent {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.PreheaderText {
font-size: 12px !important;
}
.Logo {
padding: 8px 0px 9px 0px !important;
}
.Image {
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px !important;
}
.SectionHeadlinePadding {
padding: 8px 0px 9px 0px !important;
}
.SectionHeadlineContent {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.SectionHeadlineText {
font-size: 24px !important;
}
.HeadlineContent {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.HeadlineText {
font-size: 20px !important;
}
.SubheadlineContent {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.SubheadlineText {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.Content {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.FeaturePadding {
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px !important;
}
.FeatureContent {
padding: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;
}
.LeftImage {
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px !important;
}
.RightImage {
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px !important;
}
.FeatureHeadlineText {
font-size: 20px !important;
}
.FeatureText {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.FeatureLink {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.ArticlePadding {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.ArticleHeadlineText {
font-size: 20px !important;
}
.MainText {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.MainLink {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.ButtonContent {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.ButtonText {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.DividerPadding {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.CouponPadding {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.CouponHeadlineText {
font-size: 24px !important;
}
.CouponHeadlineWidth {
width: 100% !important;
}
.CouponContent {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.CouponText {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.SocialMediaPadding {
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px !important;
}
.SocialMediaText {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
.SocialMediaIcon {
padding: 5px 10px 0px 10px !important;
}
.SpacerHeight {
padding-bottom: 9px !important;
}
}
@media only screen and (max-width:480px) {td[class~="mobile-hidden"] {display: none !important;}}</style><style>@media only screen and (max-width:480px) {table[class~="HideInMobile"], img[class~="HideInMobile"], td[class~="HideInMobile"], span[class~="HideInMobile"] {display: none !important;}td[class~="FooterColumn"], table[class~="FooterColumn"], span[class~="FooterColumn"] {display:block !important;}.FooterText {line-height: 1.6 !important;}}</style><style>blockquote .hideInRplyFwd, .WordSection1 .hideInRplyFwd, blockquote a[href*='https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001ULBP66fr1rR1J5h_eRfO2g%3D%3D&ch=586b8e42-33f6-11ea-a856-d4ae529cddd3&ca=3930ef58-f2ed-4192-8063-a923e540c953'], .WordSection1 a[href*='https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001ULBP66fr1rR1J5h_eRfO2g%3D%3D&ch=586b8e42-33f6-11ea-a856-d4ae529cddd3&ca=3930ef58-f2ed-4192-8063-a923e540c953'], #OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION .hideInRplyFwd, #OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION a[href*='https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001ULBP66fr1rR1J5h_eRfO2g%3D%3D&ch=586b8e42-33f6-11ea-a856-d4ae529cddd3&ca=3930ef58-f2ed-4192-8063-a923e540c953'] { display: none !important; }</style><div style="display:none;display:none !important;color:transparent;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;height:0;width:0;mso-hide:all;font-size:0px;" id="preheaderContent"> </div><div id="rootDiv"><div><div align="center"><div align="center" style="max-width:602px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><tr><td><img alt="" width="1" height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td><td align="center" valign="top" width="600"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="shr-btn-tbl"><tr><td><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_drw_left.png"/></td><td><a href="http://s.rs6.net/t?e=dxjYwPK9ils&c=1&r=1" title="Share with Facebook"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_drw_fb.png" style="border:0;"/></a></td><td><a href="http://s.rs6.net/t?e=dxjYwPK9ils&c=3&r=1" title="Share with Twitter"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_drw_twit.png" style="border:0;"/></a></td><td><a href="http://s.rs6.net/t?e=dxjYwPK9ils&c=4&r=1" title="Share with LinkedIn"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_drw_linked.png" style="border:0;"/></a></td><td><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_drw_divider.png" style="border:0;"/></td><td><a href="http://s.rs6.net/t?e=dxjYwPK9ils&c=5&r=1" title="More Share Options"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_drw_more.png" style="border:0;"/></a></td><td><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_drw_right.png" style="border:0;"/></td><td class="like-this" style="padding-left:5px;"><a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/MWRD-FLOW---A-monthly-summary-of-news.html?soid=1118263053783&aid=dxjYwPK9ils#fblike" title="Like This"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/shr_btn_like_sm.png" style="border:0;"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td><img alt="" width="1" height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td></tr></table></div></div></div><img src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?a=1118263053783&r=3&c=58697c1a-33f6-11ea-a856-d4ae529cddd3&d=1134723750295&ch=586b8e42-33f6-11ea-a856-d4ae529cddd3&ca=3930ef58-f2ed-4192-8063-a923e540c953&o=https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" height="1" width="1"/>
<div class="OuterBGColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center">
<table class="OuterBGColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="HideInMobile" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img height="5" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
<td class="MainWidth" style="width:610px;" valign="top" width="610" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<div class="MaxMainWidth" style="margin-left:auto;max-width:610px;margin-right:auto;" align="center">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="BodyPadding" style="padding:15px 5px 15px 5px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="TopMargin" style="padding:0px 0px 8px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="BorderColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="BorderWidth" style="padding:1px 1px 1px 1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table class="InnerBGColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="EmailContainer" style="padding:8px 0px 15px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK49"><tr><td class="Image MainText" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" style="max-width:100% !important;text-align:center;" width="729" data-padding-converted="true" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img class="cc-image-resize" style="display:block;height:auto !important;" height="178" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.642" hspace="0" width="729" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/f4d907ac-786f-4e86-8cd9-3d46d3405ed5.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table><table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"><tr><td class="FeaturePadding" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#000000;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<table class="CC_NoEdit FeatureArticleBGColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="FeatureContent FeatureText" style="padding:15px 17px 15px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" style="margin-right:5px;" width="225" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left"><tr><td class="LeftImage" style="padding-top:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-right:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img style="display:block;height:auto !important;" height="82" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.611" border="0" hspace="0" width="225" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/0cafeae9-4d85-426b-bd60-3e019c18b9d7.jpg"/></div>
</td><td class="SpacerImageContainer mobile-hidden" style="padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;line-height:1px;height:1px;padding-right:10px;" height="1" valign="top" width="5" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" class="SpacerImage" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td></tr></table>
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><span class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Greetings!</strong></span></div>
<div><span class="MainText" style="color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;">Welcome to the October, 2020 issue of <strong>MWRD For The Love of Water</strong> (<span style="caret-color:#333333;background-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;">MWRD </span>FLOW), a monthly summary of news and notes from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.</span></div>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table style="background-color:#d5dce0;display:table;" bgcolor="#D5DCE0" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK5"><tr><td class="HeadlineContent HeadlineText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#000000;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<div style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span class="HeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><strong>IN THIS ISSUE</strong></span><br/></div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#0000ff;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;">
<div class="MainText" style="color:#0000ff;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;">
<ul><li style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="#InTheNews" linktype="anchor">MWRD in the News</a></span></li><li><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" href="#goats" shape="rect" linktype="anchor">Goats and Sheep are baaack - watch the video!</a></li><li><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="#Tour" linktype="anchor">Take a virtual tour on Oct. 14</a></li><li><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" href="#Summit" shape="rect" linktype="anchor">Register for the 8th Annual Sustainability Summit</a></li><li><a style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="#NoWipesDownthePipes" linktype="anchor">No Wipes Down the Pipes!</a></li><li><a style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="#MWRDBoard" linktype="anchor">MWRD Board of Commissioners to meet October 1</a></li><li><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="#WWM" linktype="anchor">World Water Monitoring Day</a></li><li style="color:#0000ff;"><a style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="#Census" linktype="anchor">Complete the census!</a></li></ul>
</div>
</div>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK7"><tr><td class="Content MainText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><a shape="rect" name="InTheNews"><img alt="InTheNews" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="InTheNews"/></a><a style="font-size:12pt;" shape="rect" name="InTheNews">
<div style="display:inline !important;font-size:18pt;"><strong>MWRD in the News</strong></div>
</a>
<div style="color:#333333;"><strong style="font-size:12pt;"><br/></strong></div>
<div style="color:#333333;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong style="font-size:12pt;">
<div>
<div>"Fitch Affirms Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, IL GO Bonds at 'AAA': Outlook Stable," <em style="font-size:12pt;">Fitch Ratings</em></div>
</div>
</strong></span>
<div style="color:#000000;"><strong style="font-size:12pt;">
<div>"The District's financial profile is strong..." </div>
</strong></div>
<div>
<div><a style="color:rgb(10, 116, 219);text-decoration:underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbY6OuAaA0EzcDCr0Z2_l1Ft7T33YMpDB0U3ElTERrdn_XW4vdhGXnMeuiRrqMsGFNwXoDxvYBl4LLZaUxzXX-MzEFM4xzjnK5E_ZX8l1ZC-oTflKJaciHnVvHlUoeaAZxVbOQ0lL8VXVh2W4W2XFeFo56OT4UoRs2QhMTnzqfMBtWjkNPoJjnR_Pp-SioprMd4tPDnAsZelpWktsuNU60di69b58pRsKUgqYIRgy-zjnPqjc_Bw-9SDbrAXAEKrxxpxIIgx6Uudr-EZJ5EQems5dxaC8R8sxX4BFLDnJKByW&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-affirms-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-il-go-bonds-at-aaa-outlook-stable-23-09-2020" target="_blank">https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-affirms-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-il-go-bonds-at-aaa-outlook-stable-23-09-2020</a></div>
<strong><br/> </strong></div>
<span style="color:#000000;"><strong style="font-size:12pt;">
<div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt;">"After protecting ourselves: The noticeable increase of littered masks and gloves during COVID-19," </span><em style="font-size:12pt;">North by Northwestern</em></div>
</div>
</strong></span>
<div style="color:#000000;"><strong class="MainText" style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;">
<div>As the amount of litter has increased during the pandemic, the MWRD skimmer boats routinely look for debris which can get blown off streets or bridges, and sewers can overflow due to rain storms.</div>
</strong></div>
<div><a style="color:rgb(10, 116, 219);text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbY6OuAaA0EzceUFi-uQHRSQ0kFcsCZkuaXA2dxSkS2AFU_CFRrzR41E8T4h_5FGaRPnDQh9EXwapAXg804_lauGQVgpHR6nRF8khFLJFkoc1PtNTYWu7cGimjvYHVUZ9ymatf-XyLruk1AMh3XPfQ9-8QAPIUYGxpKZQ8StifiHAXsrT-zHS1-XU8bCK4if0KArbroR5UebSn2gyP4vqAoGJLIKpofRCLajEdL-_shMQ&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" alt="https://mwrd.org/after-protecting-ourselves-noticeable-increase-littered-masks-and-gloves-during-covid-19-north" target="_blank">https://mwrd.org/after-protecting-ourselves-noticeable-increase-littered-masks-and-gloves-during-covid-19-north</a></div>
<div><a style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:12pt;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbY6OuAaA0EzcDCr0Z2_l1Ft7T33YMpDB0U3ElTERrdn_XW4vdhGXnMeuiRrqMsGFNwXoDxvYBl4LLZaUxzXX-MzEFM4xzjnK5E_ZX8l1ZC-oTflKJaciHnVvHlUoeaAZxVbOQ0lL8VXVh2W4W2XFeFo56OT4UoRs2QhMTnzqfMBtWjkNPoJjnR_Pp-SioprMd4tPDnAsZelpWktsuNU60di69b58pRsKUgqYIRgy-zjnPqjc_Bw-9SDbrAXAEKrxxpxIIgx6Uudr-EZJ5EQems5dxaC8R8sxX4BFLDnJKByW&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-affirms-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-il-go-bonds-at-aaa-outlook-stable-23-09-2020" target="_blank">nds-at-aaa-otlook-stable-23-09-2020</a></div>
</div>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table class="CC_NoEdit" style="background-color:rgb(213, 220, 224);margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" bgcolor="#D5DCE0" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK39"><tr><td class="SectionHeadlinePadding SectionHeadlineText" style="padding:8px 0px 9px 0px;color:#000000;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;text-align:left;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center">
<div style="display:inline !important;text-align:center;" align="center"><strong style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a shape="rect" name="goats"><img alt="goats" title="goats" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"/></a>Goats and sheep are baaack!</strong></div>
</div>
<div style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" width="500" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img height="332" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.668" border="0" hspace="0" width="500" alt="goats bouncing" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/2bc709bd-d018-42ee-b74d-8088a6e88848.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table>
<div><strong><br/></strong></div>
</div>
<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div>Following a successful pilot scale operation in 2019, the MWRD again recruited a hard-working herd to graze on vegetation on the grounds of an MWRD facility and maintain landscaping in an environmentally responsible way.</div>
<div>
<div><br/>This summer the MWRD enlisted the services of 65 goats and sheep from Vegetation Solutions in Wisconsin to help trim-or eat up-overgrowth and invasive species and maintain the MWRD's native prairie landscaping (NPL) at the MWRD's Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) on the Far South Side. To check out the work of the herd and learn more about the process, visit the MWRD's <a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbY6OuAaA0EzcOXtUrqQeWWcKVZNKY7ig_bgpXEAxiC3QrNsCtsuap7rkAxwLW89Lp48illwlOaDGHzcuyPx0uqutDOLGUqbgUhWDyiAc6CVH7SsvljkxDlmwhgjTliBTHAqBzXy7lDqzvfFvXDNAc6H6dp-2emNTnH6t8t4TTPrFoyE1QZkHB-8=&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" alt="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQo0A0onBU&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQo0A0onBU&feature=youtu.be</a>.</div>
</div>
</div>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK42"><tr><td class="ArticlePadding MainText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<div class="ArticleHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;" align="center"><span><strong>
<div><a shape="rect" name="Tour"><img alt="Tour" title="Tour" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"/></a>Take a Virtual Tour on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m.</div>
</strong></span></div>
</td></tr></table><table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK43"><tr><td class="Image MainText" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" width="500" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img style="max-width:100% !important;display:block;height:auto !important;" height="281" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.674" border="0" hspace="0" width="500" alt="Virtual tour" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/963f4e07-ea28-4596-81c4-787dfef5136e.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table>
<div style="color:#000000;text-align:left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wed., Oct. 14 at 2 p.m., join us for our next virtual tour experience. Travel back in time to early Chicago to see how we reversed the Chicago River and developed wastewater treatment technology. Go behind the scenes and under water to see how we transform the water you use everyday. Descend 300 feet into the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan's "Deep Tunnel" system, and watch our electrofishing crew at work sampling fish on the Chicago River. Click this link to sign up: </span><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbY6OuAaA0EzcgTfExpyK0Tunq5k_MzaI9NI6y4fvFCjtVnvzZgaFO3_i8k6eNdSp8pXY4jUInMbrp3jWdPQdq751h9E-Y-iTglBvjiSAOOEef1aPilrnEmoXJZDccnfBAwWDx5nQSDJGuA4_PfTkR7eo8LAEz3Xna0MrVVmYaD1sv0oWp6QjaVE=&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" alt="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkce6sqDwvHdNlWoZMGy2qEptHe9yqb3Be" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkce6sqDwvHdNlWoZMGy2qEptHe9yqb3Be</a><span> <br/><br/></span></div>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK9"><tr><td class="FeaturePadding" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#000000;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<table class="CC_NoEdit FeatureArticleBGColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="FeatureContent FeatureText" style="padding:15px 17px 15px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><strong style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#121212;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><a shape="rect" name="Summit"><img alt="Summit" title="Summit" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"/></a>8th Annual Sustainability Summit is set for Oct. 21</div>
</strong>
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;" align="center"><span class="ArticleHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:16pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" width="550" data-padding-converted="true" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img height="365" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.663" hspace="0" width="550" alt="8th Annual Sustainability Summit 2020 Intelligent Conversations for a Better Environment" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/ab60c30a-b0f8-4a0d-a6d0-a5a9428fc152.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table>
<strong><br/></strong></span></div>
<div class="HeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#bf3c04;font-size:15.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>You're Invited!</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:16.5pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>8th Annual Sustainability Summit 2020</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:16.5pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>Intelligent Conversations for a Better Environment</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">Wednesday, October 21 * 10 a.m. - Noon</span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#90b004;font-size:15.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>Free Registration!</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>THIS VIRTUAL EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">Special video presentation of our EQ Composting operations</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">Learn the benefits of using sustainable resources like MWRD EQ Compost and EQ Biosolids, green infrastructure, alternative landscaping methods to remove unwanted vegetation, and how you can add sustainable resources into your landscaping projects. Our experts will share their tips, best practices and success stories. You'll even learn how we process our EQ Compost for beneficial reuse. This event is open to the public.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">Register online today at <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbY6OuAaA0EzcfI3wl4VNUA3vyVjlHhtrlv7wG-s1l_CblBcUxfInmtyeaXmBdn3C0uZ5CaBE7KoNQSmRlLkM4GdSkVEaePfvLpjn9APQJ24gIAgbI2LVzDhYLeRlbIx29-5SNEefbijhcbGTEbFxkRIxbqjXFI0dDarfE3TKnJmkicMkoW3PWzB81d_1WcK0Zw==&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" shape="rect" alt="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/bpDCCjRM25inBg7YCWVicp?domain=mwrd.org" target="_blank">mwrd.org/sustainability-summit-rsvp</a></b>.</span></span></div>
<div class="HeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;" align="left"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span></div>
<div class="HeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;" align="left"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#bf3c04;font-size:15.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>Featured Presentations</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">Moderated by MWRD Board President Kari K. Steele</span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>Preserving Monarch Butterflies: The Illinois Monarch Project Initiative</b></span><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">, Klaudia Kuklinska, Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>Use of Biosolids and Compost for Landscape Management and Vegetation Maintenance</b></span><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">, Theresa Johnston, Ph.D., MWRD Senior Environmental Soil Scientist</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>MWRD Stormwater Management Updates</b></span><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">, Paul Jacobs, MWRD Assistant Civil Engineer </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>Goats and Sheep as a Landscaping Option</b></span><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">, Aruch Poonsapaya, MWRD Maintenance Manager, and Ben Robel, Vegetation Solutions </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>Fish in the Chicago Area Waterways</b></span><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">, Dustin Gallagher, MWRD Associate Aquatic Biologist, and Austin Happel, Shedd Aquarium Research Biologist</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#403f42;font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#90b004;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;"><b>MWRD Sustainable Landscaping and Biosolids Beneficial Reuse Awards</b></span></div>
</span></div>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table><table class="MainText" style="background-color:#a3c804;color:#333333;display:table;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" bgcolor="#A3C804" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK10"><tr><td class="Content" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><a style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);text-decoration:underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbXavAkDENL1EfYvDNWia3BNZRB_MWbp94qXYraRn8iQnyVDOH7HYEqpxFma1eTdkdW_ky88hIuSJxJ3SWdygEEXbxSysFqrxfh-tHnA9A6k7_tLAt9ZCK213bdXduFHUSxaPxJe1Pea7K7ZgdJk3GsvoNZ-etKoEhQ==&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" shape="rect" linktype="1" alt="https://mwrd.org/8th-annual-sustainability-summit-0" target="_blank">Click here to register for the Sustainability Summit</a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK12"><tr><td class="ArticlePadding MainText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<div class="HeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong><a shape="rect" name="NoWipesDownthePipes"><img alt="NoWipesDownthePipes" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="NoWipesDownthePipes"/></a><span class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;">No Wipes Down the Pipes!</span></strong><br/></div>
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center">
<div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:left;" align="left">The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for household cleaning items, including disinfecting wipes, paper towels and toilet paper which have sometimes been hard to find. As a result, some have turned to alternatives such as "flushable" wipes and other paper products. </div>
<div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:left;" align="left"><br/></div>
<div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:left;" align="left"><span style="caret-color:#333333;color:#333333;font-size:16px;text-align:center;">In this educational video, MWRD President Kari K. Steele demonstrates how various products do not break down or dissolve sufficiently in water, and as a result, those materials can clog pipes and cause sewer backups in homes and neighborhoods. Remember, only flush pee, poop and toilet paper! </span></div>
<div><span style="caret-color:#333333;color:#333333;font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:center;"><br/></span></div>
<table class="OneColumnMobile" width="400" data-padding-converted="true" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img height="209" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.629" hspace="0" width="400" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/a613ed4a-3c0a-41ec-817e-ff938e2cef45.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table>
<br/><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbfhB6F9cBkutbrwZSkuuH_-txkst7KsJ0_OcBMG9sOfDfChtSsNi9M5Ezyha1M08C8tukxf2550A9zIqhgn3Ix-VAN9kaKCdhW00gTimSDI7X7nAdqL7n82f9WjZM2mJ0w==&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" linktype="youtube" alt="https://youtu.be/2CbnYdRetD4" target="_blank"><img height="26" border="0" width="160" alt="View our videos on YouTube" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/btn_tube_160.png" title="View our videos on YouTube"/></a><br/></div>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK26"><tr><td class="FeaturePadding" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#000000;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<table class="CC_NoEdit FeatureArticleBGColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="FeatureContent FeatureText" style="padding:15px 17px 15px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:16pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#050505;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#121212;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a shape="rect" name="MWRDBoard"><img alt="MWRDBoard" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="MWRDBoard"/></a>MWRD Board of Commissioners to meet Thurs., October 1</strong></span></div>
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><br/></div>
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#050505;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" width="400" data-padding-converted="true" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img height="320" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.628" hspace="0" width="400" alt="Board 2020" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/f1ce5502-b13c-42b8-a135-165525b070e4.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table>
<br/> <span style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;">Due to Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker's Disaster Declaration and </span></span><span style="color:#050505;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">pursuant to Public Act 101-0640, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago will hold its Board of Commissioners' Regular Board Meeting by video conference at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 1, 2020.</span></div>
<div>
<div style="background:white;"><span style="color:#050505;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><br/></span></div>
<div style="background:white;"><span style="color:#050505;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;">The MWRD Board Room and building will remain closed to protect the health and safety of the public and staff; only essential personnel will be allowed entry. The public is encouraged to view the proceedings via live stream at mwrd.org. Public comment may be made during the public comment period by calling (312) 751-3299, enter Bridge 90500#. Public comment may also be made by submitting an electronic comment by registering under the eComment link during th</span><span style="color:#050505;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">e meeting. Electronic comments will not be read during the meeting. Electronic comments will be distributed to the Board and will be available online.</span></div>
</div>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="BottomMargin" style="padding:9px 0px 8px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table class="HeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK21"><tr><td class="HeadlineContent" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><strong><a shape="rect" name="WWM"><img alt="WWM" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="WWM">World Water Monitoring Day Recognized</img></a></strong></td></tr></table><table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK22"><tr><td class="FeaturePadding" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#000000;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><br/><table class="CC_NoEdit FeatureArticleBGColor" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="FeatureContent FeatureText" style="padding:15px 17px 15px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" style="margin-right:5px;" width="300" data-padding-converted="true" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td class="LeftImage" style="padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-right:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img style="display:block;height:auto !important;" height="388" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.673" hspace="0" width="300" alt="Blue Island" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/12902478-7eb9-4876-b155-1ce601ef8f09.jpg"/></div>
</td><td class="SpacerImageContainer mobile-hidden" style="padding-bottom:10px;line-height:1px;height:1px;padding-right:15px;" height="1" valign="top" width="5" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" class="SpacerImage" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td></tr></table>
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><span>Our Board of Commissioners honors World Water Monitoring Day on Sept. 18 each year to raise international awareness for the health of our water resources. In keeping with that tradition to encourage stewardship for our waters, organizers held the 14th Annual Blessing of the Waters in Blue Island at the MWRD's SEPA Station along the Cal-Sag Channel. </span></div>
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><span><br/></span></div>
<div class="FeatureHeadlineText" style="color:#121212;font-size:14pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><span>For his long-standing commitment to our water environment and role in the Blessing of the Waters, a resolution was virtually presented to Tom Shepherd, director of Environmental and Recycling for the Village of Robbins. </span><br/></div>
</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table style="background-color:#d5dce0;display:table;" bgcolor="#D5DCE0" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK36"><tr><td class="HeadlineContent HeadlineText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#121212;font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left">
<div style="text-align:center;" align="center"><strong>
<div><a shape="rect" name="Census"><img alt="Census" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="Census"/></a>Remember to complete the census. Visit <a shape="rect">My2020census.gov</a><a shape="rect">#CookCountyCensus</a><a shape="rect">#MakeILCount</a></div>
</strong><br/></div>
<table class="OneColumnMobile" width="350" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img height="451" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.671" border="0" hspace="0" width="350" alt="Census English" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/4e9642e6-8697-42ca-aa17-64ff6ed2ca86.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table>
<div><br/><table class="OneColumnMobile" width="350" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><img height="451" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.672" border="0" hspace="0" width="350" alt="Census Spanish" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/6ba5bc4e-5d64-4791-bbe8-6794f2dfef26.jpg"/></div>
</td></tr></table> <br/></div>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table style="display:table;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK24"><tr><td class="SocialMediaPadding" style="padding:8px 0px 9px 0px;color:#000000;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table class="CC_NoEdit" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;" valign="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<div class="MainText" style="color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:center;" align="center"><strong>See what's happening on our social media sites</strong></div>
</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;" valign="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" border="0" width="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="SocialMediaIcon" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 5px;" valign="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<div><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbfIhTfOLV8yDiXkle2oW1LHoVFIfNwLA_zANasrJ6pWQkjMjXkV-GZV9eaVWJ9fl2gUGWCOqMcF3zA_UgMKRnQSjxy7SzLzz9Q_-c6mvhukdBcobPblg4Sq5uJ8xvME7iHOeRMc1C0O-Gdf7ceORIr8q3GUxYq80sQLL3phh7ho8&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" linktype="facebook" alt="https://www.facebook.com/MetropolitanWaterReclamationDistrict" target="_blank"><img height="36" border="0" width="36" alt="Like us on Facebook" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_fbk_36.png" title="Like us on Facebook"/></a></div>
</td><td class="SocialMediaIcon" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 5px;" valign="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<div><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbQX32Cuid3nWRVabHY_CS5pT6k46_FX1Qe7fsfFU0IJjKa9O5vxIAkyTG8AsBLh3I_i9_OHvgiNmmgz1N6Y8loalFdoKzg4s5DPytw-LTPY6_q5r5CY3DfUQ4XnBp8T_ng==&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" linktype="twitter" alt="https://twitter.com/MWRDGC" target="_blank"><img height="36" border="0" width="36" alt="Follow us on Twitter" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_twit_36.png" title="Follow us on Twitter"/></a></div>
</td><td class="SocialMediaIcon" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 5px;" valign="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<div><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbWSa3AKsXWSv0y_wn2mLqrKwNzP-54gLJQMB7jE1pU8BqsoLOHcqkUWkp4nZfceKFaofdW5tcrv2IEcr1MAUkt5jeMsn1JaS_4x0iaf9fcOOoSKbChMXilD946tiqoRkaH7XoHCmV_pYT6ekk5Hqsc-AvZ9-9Q15FcZJOANoKBTath3R1cooiQ0_3MAfMrKboHf1K39SYXDptKveMyriqsQ=&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" linktype="linkedin" alt="https://www.linkedin.com/company/metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-of-greater-chicago/" target="_blank"><img height="36" border="0" width="36" alt="View our profile on LinkedIn" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_lkdin_36.png" title="View our profile on LinkedIn"/></a></div>
</td><td class="SocialMediaIcon" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 5px;" valign="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table class="OneColumnMobile" width="38" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<div align="center"><a class="imgCaptionAnchor" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbbqTLvj9N5MtyGjZEbnRrcmesfzJJyJ2FK56ivoFauqRZupt2gby9rZTk3KgNPld6YoZ2xcCgSngm2q0qzTpvPX-rKrjyZWcwU1S6QxAYqcoi2tBgggmptAIaCsJCZ5dib72hSV_M8dydofdyi0Q_UkCXXN9HIy2yA==&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.instagram.com/mwrd_of_greater_chicago/" target="_blank"><img height="38" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.645" border="0" hspace="0" width="38" alt="Instagram" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/7dd0cad5401/6006027c-a04c-4ed2-85e1-b1e3e24b5831.png"/></a></div>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012p4UGQTTFCPND0BDkz_t01KpifB9NcGJJGvOfFDyb9PFau0p0c8GbWSa3AKsXWSvi_rfUtXPrnNu8kOh0pIWm70IIvYHjXutV3EmndnfIFxNyUsgxl19Wng5iZQ8Qy4KYfIbKxdKylsxZvAVsvSzZLB9ZlxQkN6VlSTg7tj3-1uiF8Eagcj8-SO1p-jj2jodbuqMQBpIJchc8mTPAEqRj4ecOBOg5xH5&c=v7ZEjF-7ob9dfAifXpxva8koL7vYjvjslCXiOX4xzu3coYcC8XkvBQ==&ch=afQ8slDHjCex_EtOG3tOinGCgazMZ_pA4RDDzkiYo_7nZww0D38Rog==" linktype="youtube" alt="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ovpYGxKYZQqvjDeddNIeQ" target="_blank"><img height="36" border="0" width="36" alt="View our videos on YouTube" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_tube_36.png" title="View our videos on YouTube" align="null"/></a></td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerPadding" style="padding:15px 0px 15px 0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="height:1px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="DividerHeight DividerBGColor" style="background-color:#CBCBCB;padding-bottom:0px;line-height:1px;height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#CBCBCB" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block; height:1px; width:5px;" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK31"><tr><td class="Content MainText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">Established in 1889, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) is an award-winning, special purpose government agency responsible for wastewater treatment and stormwater management in Cook County, Illinois. Learn more at mwrd.org.</td></tr></table></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
<td class="HideInMobile" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img height="5" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div id="footerContainer" align="center" style="background-color:#ffffff;">
<table style="background-color:#ffffff;" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="footerPanelWrap">
<tr>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
<table style="background-color:#ffffff;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="footerContainer"><tr><td class="HideInMobile" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img height="5" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="1" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td><td style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" valign="top" width="610" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><div style="margin-left:auto;max-width:610px;margin-right:auto;" align="center"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding:15px 10px 15px 10px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><div style="color:#5d5d5d;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;" id="LETTER.PHYSICALADDRESS"><span class="FooterColumn">Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago<span class="HideInMobile">,</span></span><span class="FooterColumn"> 100 E. Erie Street<span class="HideInMobile">,</span></span><span class="FooterColumn"> Chicago<span class="HideInMobile">,</span> IL 60611</span></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding-bottom:5px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><div class="FooterText" style="color:#5d5d5d;font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:1.4;"><a class="hideInRplyFwd" style="color:#5d5d5d;" shape="rect" href="https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001ULBP66fr1rR1J5h_eRfO2g%3D%3D&ch=586b8e42-33f6-11ea-a856-d4ae529cddd3&ca=3930ef58-f2ed-4192-8063-a923e540c953" target="_blank" id="unsubscribeLink"><span id="unsubscribeLinkText">SafeUnsubscribe™</span> communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a></div></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><div class="FooterText" style="color:#5d5d5d;font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:1.4;"><span class="FooterColumn"><a style="color:#5d5d5d;" shape="rect" href="http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=xody9orab&m=1118263053783&ea=communications%40chicagocommunitygardens.org&a=1134723750295" target="_blank" id="fwtfLink">Forward this email</a> <span class="HideInMobile">| </span></span><span class="FooterColumn"><a class="hideInRplyFwd" style="color:#5d5d5d;" shape="rect" href="https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001ULBP66fr1rR1J5h_eRfO2g%3D%3D&ch=586b8e42-33f6-11ea-a856-d4ae529cddd3&ca=3930ef58-f2ed-4192-8063-a923e540c953" target="_blank" id="updateProfileLink">Update Profile</a><span class="HideInMobile hideInRplyFwd"> | </span></span><span class="FooterColumn"><a style="color:#5d5d5d;" shape="rect" href="http://www.constantcontact.com/legal/service-provider?cc=about-service-provider" alt="http://www.constantcontact.com/legal/service-provider?cc=about-service-provider" target="_blank" id="privacyLink">About our service provider</a></span></div></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding-top:5px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><div class="FooterText" style="color:#5d5d5d;font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sent by <a style="color:#5d5d5d;" shape="rect" href="mailto:public.affairs@mwrd.org" target="_blank" id="sentByEmailLink">public.affairs@mwrd.org</a> powered by</div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><table border="0" width="240" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 3px 0px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><a style="color:#5d5d5d;text-decoration:none;" shape="rect" href="http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=PT1130&rmc=VF19_V8" alt="http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=PT1130&rmc=VF19_V8" target="_blank" id="footerLogoLink"><img vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="160" alt="Constant Contact" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/templates_team/2020_rebrand/logo/stacked/blue_orange.png"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#5d5d5d;font-size:9px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><a style="color:#5d5d5d;text-decoration:none;" shape="rect" href="http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=PT1130&rmc=VF19_V8" alt="http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=PT1130&rmc=VF19_V8" target="_blank" id="footerLogoTxtLink">Try email marketing for free today!</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td><td class="HideInMobile" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img height="5" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="1" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"/></td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div></div></body>