Chicago Unveils West Side Stormwater Storage Projects to Reduce Flooding

Chicago Is Building a Pair of Underground Reservoirs to Ease West Side Flooding

City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on West Side

City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on the West Side

Underground storage project aims to fix chronic flooding in Chicago

Acknowledging the city’s persistent flooding problem, Mayor Brandon Johnson, flanked by other elected officials Tuesday, touted a West Side pilot project aimed at temporarily capturing rain underground before it can overwhelm- Chicago’s outdated sewers.The city is splitting the $12 million cost to build the underground storage along two streets in Austin with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the government body that controls stormwat…

New stormwater storage tanks almost complete in effort to reduce West Side flooding

New stormwater storage tanks are almost complete on Le Moyne Street in Austin, Chicago in an effort to reduce West Side flooding.

Mayor's office announces $12M pilot project on city's West Side that will help mitigate flooding by storing stormwater underground

A $12 million pilot project is underway on the city's West Side that will store excess stormwater underground, in order to help reduce flooding, protect more than 2,900 properties and strengthen climate resilience in the area.

Chicago unveils West Side stormwater storage projects to reduce flooding

Chicago leaders unveiled new stormwater storage projects Tuesday aimed at reducing flooding on the city's West Side.