2025 Budget In Brief

PUBLIC WORKS

ELEVATED TANK REHABILITATION As of 2024, the Village has completed six of seven elevated tank rehabilitations. The final tank is being rehabbed now, and work is scheduled to be completed in early 2025. Work involves painting the exterior and interior, upgrading the electric and updating structural components of the tanks. CATALINA SUBDIVISION WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT In early 2023, the Village initiated a multiyear project to reline and replace the water mains in the Catalina Subdivision that were originally installed in the 1970s. The first phase of this project began in July 2023. Phase I was completed in early 2024 with the 12-inch line being relined throughout the Catalina Subdivision. Phase II of the project started in the summer of 2024 with the replacement of older six-inch mains with new eight-inch mains and upgraded storm sewers. Phase II is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2025 due to setbacks with other utility relocations. Phase III will start soon after, and that will be the final phase of work that will see water mains being replaced and new storm sewers being added throughout the rest of the Catalina Subdivision.

WATER & SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS: PROTECTING ORLAND PARK’S RESOURCES

Water Usage Facts

Over 286 million Americans get their tap water from a community water system, and 8% of U.S. community water systems provide water to 82% of the U.S. population through large municipal water systems. The average American family uses 320 gallons of water per day, about 30% of which is devoted to outdoor uses. Roughly 44% of indoor water usage in the United States comes from shower and toilet usage. Running the dishwasher only when it's full can eliminate one load of dishes per week and save the average family nearly 320 gallons of water annually. In Illinois, the gallons per capita per day (GPCPD) usage is 80 gallons. United States Environmental Protection Agency Data and Information (2008 2016), epa.gov

WATER PROJECT TO IMPROVE SYSTEM THAT BRINGS LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TO ORLAND PARK Maintaining the Village’s water and sewer infrastructure is one of the Village’s most important responsibilities. To ensure the availability and reliability of these services, the Village continues to make substantial investments in its infrastructure by improving the quality and robustness of the Village’s public water supply and sewer systems. The Oak Lawn Regional Water System (RWS) was formed in 1973, and the Village of Orland Park joined the RWS soon thereafter. The RWS stores and distributes treated Lake Michigan water, purchased from the City of Chicago, and redistributes through the RWS to 12 municipal customer communities, including the Village of Orland Park. In 2010, the RWS began major upgrades. The first step was to develop a master plan while hydrologically modeling the system. In 2012, based on the findings of the master plan and results of the modeling, the RWS began updating infrastructure, installing back-up power supply and constructing additional pump stations, as well as a number of other modernization improvements. In 2014, the RWS began the design and construction of a 16-mile, 60-inch diameter looped water main to supplement the existing 48-inch diameter water main. When these improvements are complete, the system’s current capacity of 55 million gallons per day will be increased to 111 million gallons per day. In addition to meeting the redundancy, reliability and capacity needs for customer communities through and beyond the 2030 planning horizon, these improvements will also reduce the amount of energy used to pump water through the system by 15%.

While a number of cities across the region are running out of water and face an increasingly urgent deadline to solve their water problems, the Village of Orland Park has made, and is continuously making, critical investments to ensure availability of safe and clean drinking water for decades to come. In 2023, the 60-inch pipe was installed in the forest preserve west of Harlem Avenue, and was brought up to the intersection of 73rd Avenue and Wheeler Dr. A 30-inch water line was installed by Benchmark Construction in 2024 and will continue through early 2025. The water line will connect the Village’s Main Pump Station to the 60-inch pipe at 73rd Avenue and Wheeler Dr. Construction has also started on the rest of the water line that will make its way from Orland Park to Oak Forest, primarily down 159th Street. That construction will finish up in late 2025, with the new water line being put into service.

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VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK | FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET IN BRIEF

VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK | FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET IN BRIEF