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METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO 2009 BUDGET ENGINEERING – CORPORATE FUND FUNCTIONS 2009 2008 Increase $17,566,400 $16,026,500 $1,539,900 Stormwater Infiltration Reduction $166,888 1.0% Public Service & Interagency Relations $810,239 4.6% Maintenance Projects Related to the Capital Improvements Program $14,167,300 80.6% Sewer Permit Review $2,421,973 13.8% $50 $22 $40 $20 $30 $18 $20 $16 $14 $12 $10 APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES Millions Local Assistance Loan Program transferred to Fund Center 70000 Discontinuation of interfund charges and fewer maintenance projects Positions 40 35 30 25 20 BUDGETED POSITIONS $8 15 $6 $4 10 $2 $0 2008 Expenditures are estimated EXPENDITURES APPROPRIATIONS 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 2009 5 0 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 2009 327 327

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO 2009 BUDGET ENGINEERING CORPORATE FUND 2009 BUDGET NARRATIVE The programs of the Engineering Department are described in three sections of the budget. The Local Sewer Systems Section of the Engineering Department is financed by the Corporate Fund, which is described below. The Engineering Capital Budget is described in Section V, and the Stormwater Management budget is described in Section VI. The Engineering Department is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing a Capital Improvement Program that meets the District's statutory responsibilities, is compliant with applicable State and Federal regulations and requirements, is responsive to the needs of its residents as directed through the policies put forth by its Board of Commissioners in the areas of Sewage Treatment, Pollution Control, and Stormwater Management. Secondarily, it provides requested and required engineering assistance to other Departments within the District in support of their related mission. The 2009 appropriation request for Engineering – Corporate Fund is $17,566,400, an increase of $1,539,900 or 9.6 percent from 2008. This increase is due to ongoing maintenance projects related to the Capital Improvement Program. The staffing level of 34 remains unchanged from 2008. The Corporate Fund supports the work of the Local Sewers Permits Section, whose responsibility is enforcement of the Sewer Permit Ordinance (Ordinance) and the Sewer Rehabilitation Program. The Ordinance regulates the construction of sewer systems that are tributary to the District’s interceptor sewer system. By issuing sewer permits, the District maintains a uniform standard for construction of sewer systems within its boundaries and a permanent record of that construction. The Ordinance also requires stormwater detention for developments greater than a specified acreage in separate sewered areas. This requirement reduces the risk of additional flooding from local streams, which may result from new development during periods of heavy rain. The Engineering Department recovers the cost of the Ordinance through permit fees. In 2009, we anticipate $1.8 million in sewer permit fees from 525 permits. The District’s sanitary sewer rehabilitation program applies to 125 communities, 118 communities have been brought into compliance over the past 20 years. We will also continue our aggressive approach towards getting the balance of the seven remaining communities to complete their sewer rehabilitation programs in an effort to reduce infiltration and inflow into their sanitary sewer systems. SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN THE 2009 BUDGET The Corporate Fund budget is also used for repair and maintenance projects that are not eligible for capital improvement funds. There are five projects scheduled for award in 2009, and five under construction that will preserve the value of the District's facilities. The awards schedule includes Project 06-841-1S, Collateral Channel Contaminated Sediment Remediation Demonstration Project, SSA. A one-acre area will be partitioned at the north end of the Collateral Channel through sheet piling and the contaminated sediments will be treated by “active capping,” a process to chemically stabilize the active contaminants. The treatment area will be covered with a geo-textile and an impermeable membrane to isolate the sediments. Clean fill will be placed above the membrane, topped off with wetland substrate soils and wetland vegetation. The final soil surface will be two feet below the normal water level to allow for proper wetland water depth and receive overflows from the nearby outfall. The sheet pile partition will be notched to allow excess flow to discharge to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC). A pump facility and force main will be included to bring CSSC water to the wetland during dry weather periods. ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 2008 INCLUDE: • Award of construction contracts 04-299-2P, Aeration Batteries A, B, C, E, & E2 Improvements, CWRP and 06-156-3P, Drain Valves at Scum Concentration & Post Building and Support Structures at Grit Tanks Replacement, SWRP; • Substantial completion of construction Project 05-831-1D, Permanent Abandonment of Pump Stations 13A & 18E Various Building Demolitions, SSA. LOCAL SEWERS PERMITS SECTION PERMIT ADMINISTRATION The Local Sewers Permits Section administers the Sewer Permit Ordinance and the Manual of Procedures for Administration of the Sewer Permit Ordinance. The Sewer Permit Ordinance establishes requirements for issuance of sewer permits and regulates the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of local public and private sewer connections for residential, commercial, institutional, governmental, and industrial developments, public sewerage systems, and treatment facilities, which discharge directly or indirectly into District interceptor sewers and TARP facilities or waters within the boundaries of the District. The Ordinances require special attention to construction in floodplains, and also mandate stormwater runoff mitigation in separate sewered areas so that the rate of runoff from new developments and redevelopment exceeding certain acreage limits does not exceed the rate of runoff from the sites in their natural or pre-development state. As a result of Ordinance enforcement, up to the end of 2007 approximately 7.15 billion gallons of local stormwater detention capacity has been approved since the detention ordinance provisions were enacted in 1972. 328 328

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO<br />

2009 BUDGET<br />

ENGINEERING – CORPORATE FUND<br />

FUNCTIONS<br />

2009<br />

2008<br />

Increase<br />

$17,566,400<br />

$16,026,500<br />

$1,539,900<br />

Stormwater Infiltration Reduction<br />

$166,888 1.0%<br />

Public Service &<br />

Interagency Relations<br />

$810,239 4.6%<br />

Maintenance Projects<br />

Related to the Capital<br />

Improvements Program<br />

$14,167,300 80.6%<br />

Sewer Permit Review<br />

$2,421,973 13.8%<br />

$50 $22<br />

$40 $20<br />

$30 $18<br />

$20 $16<br />

$14<br />

$12<br />

$10<br />

APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES<br />

Millions<br />

Local Assistance Loan Program<br />

transferred to Fund Center 70000<br />

Discontinuation of<br />

interfund charges<br />

and fewer<br />

maintenance<br />

projects<br />

Positions<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

BUDGETED POSITIONS<br />

$8<br />

15<br />

$6<br />

$4<br />

10<br />

$2<br />

$0<br />

2008 Expenditures are estimated<br />

EXPENDITURES APPROPRIATIONS<br />

2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 2009<br />

5<br />

0<br />

2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 2009<br />

327<br />

327

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