Photo Gallery !
Terry with his family.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago owns and operates seven (7) waste water treatment plants through out Cook County, Illinois.
Administration Building, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant |
Eagan Water Reclamation Plant |
Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant |
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Kirie Water Reclamation Plant |
Northside Water Reclamation Plant |
Stickney Water Reclamation Plant (The World’s Largest) |
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Lemont Water Reclamation Plant |
Construction of Torrence Avenue Leg Tunnel |
Mainstream Pumping Station For TARP |
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Thornton Quarry-Site of Thorton Composite Reservoir-Part of TARP |
Twin Lakes Reservoir |
Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station #5 |
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The men and women on the MWRDGC's PC II Patrol Boat monitors the water quality on Lake Michigan and in our inland waterway system. |
Terry O'Brien conducts a tour, and answers questions from Mayors and Managers from communities in the South Suburbs. |
Commissioner O'Brien meets with some of the building trades personnel at the MWRDGC's Stickney Water Reclamation Plant. |
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As a resident of Cook County enjoys the recreational value of the Chicago River, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's pollution control boat patrols the river for potential polluters. |
Terrence J. O'Brien receives the Michael Bruton's Safety Award from Labor. Standing on the (left) of Commissioner O'Brien is Mr. Dennis Gannon, President of the Chicago Federation Of Labor (CFL), and on the (right) is Mr. Don Turner, Retired President of the CFL. |
Commissioner O'Brien shows a delegation of engineers from Ireland the construction of the Thornton Composite Reservoir which will eventually hold 8 billion gallons of sewer water and storm water. |
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Terrence J.O'Brien and his colleagues Commissioners Majewski, McGowan and Harris take a timeout for a picture as they tour the Deep Tunnel. |
Commissioner O'Brien inspects a section of the Little Calumet Leg of the Deep Tunnel Project. |
State Senator Louis S. Viverito addresses the audience at the dedication of the Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) # 3 in his honor. |
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Commissioner O'Brien explains the workings of the Tunnel and Reservoir Project (TARP) to a group of visitors. |
Terry O'Brien with Commissioners Harris, McGowan and Yourell receiving a National Recognition Award for Clean Water from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. |
Terry with the Board of Commissioners at the dedication of the Harry 'Bus' Yourell Sidestream Pool Aeration Station (SEPA) #4 in Worth, Illinois. |
As President Augie Sallas of the Hispanic American Labor Council checks the crowd of 225 at the Hispanic American Labor Council election rally on Feb. 27 at the Mi Tierra Restaurant, 2538 S. Kedzie, President Terry O'Brien of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District announces a 4% cut in property taxes by the District's Board to the happy labor activists and the other candidates in the crowd, which included Secretary of State Jesse White. |
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Public Act 93-1049, gives the MWRDGC the responsibility of dealing with storm water management in Cook County. We are working with the watershed councils throughout Cook County in trying to erase some of the terrible images shown in the pictures below.
Paid for and authorized by the Friends of Terrence J. O'Brien.
A copy of our report is (or will be) available from the Cook County Clerk
69 W Washington Street, Chicago, Il 60606. And the Illinois State Board of Elections,
Contributions are not tax-deductible. |