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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">For immediate release</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">July 3, 2023</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">7 p.m. Storm Update</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) has been working around the clock to provide flood protection for Cook County. We monitor the weather, and prior to major storms, we draw down the waterways to provide maximum capacity for stormwater. Our goal is to provide maximum capacity in the area waterways, tunnels and reservoir system to provide as much protection from flooding as possible. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the Chicago area waterway levels are higher than Lake Michigan and predetermined elevations are reached, the MWRD opens control structures to move as much water as possible out of the system. This provides overbank flooding protection as well as more capacity for stormwater. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">More than </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> inches of rain fell in a short period of time throughout Cook County </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this weekend. More than 8 inches fell in Cicero and Berwyn. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The Stickney W</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ater Reclamation Plant </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">is operating at full capacity.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Tunnel and Reservoir Plan status</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Following the storms on July 2, the McCook TARP system, which serves central Chicago and 36 suburban communities (including Cicero and Berwyn), was full, storing approximately 4.8 billion gallons of water. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The Kirie TARP system in the center of northern Cook County was 18% full, holding 75.2 million gallons.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The Calumet TARP system serves the far South Side of Chicago and 13 south suburban municipalities and was 14% full, storing 1.2 billion gallons.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">All of this water will be pumped back to treatment plants when conditions permit.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">River Reversals</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We reversed the North Shore Channel at Wilmette </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> at the downtown locks. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the timeframe of the two reversals:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North Shore Channel/Wilmette</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start     July 2 at 2:27 p.m.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">End       July 2 at 9:47 p.m.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago River/downtown</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start     July 2 at 4 p.m.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">End      July 3 at 2:30 a.m.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">Link to Storm Data from the National Weather Service</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0;" align="justify"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aMCWShYEAMilUZVH8A6f44kAHZXnJT1U5SxGQf8rkJIDtSMTDiecSAHxDgnys-kzC92cY2d6dSUTXRe2B2C8SO4a31ddlgpfwJSdjq2OBqKKfxPdl0ioe_QorM0GSyGNy6W8zAZxleHpYxJEDFl7rTWyczQwuZcodzfi-dS1vH9wxpKoEyPPuRuXR5p5lWAVroZppeewrinF9sEXmHwwFDhdeOREsIwCWHKWUfQj5_SvCPV3REM_PAoYzIeXJeT7k5R5E_5HXnLcQHxhW6qpew==&c=gMZKHTWO41T2ZZHyzPMotFxP1ZB0NTYhNJwxe-lGTo9GEtMuxSNyjg==&ch=OWuIF3oRyzoP3rWgbaj0xfwg-OtJXAvvbfyeAPd_PcsBu0fEVtz_IQ==" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #2C74FF; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www.weather.gov/lot/2023_07_02_Flooding?fbclid=IwAR069hPPjfFOJMajA-brcFaWloqj5-ys0a6SBT6EfUn1yVewxqBzq0Bnegg</a></p>
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