Malta & Kishwaukee College Sanitary Service Extension

Project Description

The project involves the construction of roughly five miles of sanitary sewer infrastructure extending from the westernmost sanitary manhole within the KWRD system, located at the edge of the Northern Illinois University campus, to a new pump station located in the Village of Malta. This pump station would convey sewage not only from the Village of Malta but also from a new pump station serving nearby Kishwaukee College.


This would then allow both the Village of Malta and Kishwaukee College to decommission their existing wastewater treatment facilities.


Project Funding

This project is being funded by a low-interest loan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) Water Pollution Control Loan Program (WPCLP). The WPCLP is funded by both state and federal sources. The $7.1 Million loan has an interest rate of 1.11% over 20 years with an anticipated $2 Million of principal forgiveness. 

Project Exhibits

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    Malta & Kish College Pump Stations - Click this image to view the full exhibit.

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    Malta/KC to KWRD Sewers - Click this image to view the full exhibit.

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Project Benefits

Governmental

KWRD, the Village of Malta and Kishwaukee College are working together to provide sanitary sewerage and wastewater treatment services in the most efficient way possible. By partnering with KWRD, Kishwaukee College and the Village of Malta are able to provide improved efficiencies through the economies of scale provided by KWRD. KWRD’s treatment facility is capable of treating the additional flows from Malta and the College without any additional staffing or added operational costs.


By decommissioning their respective treatment facilities, both Malta and Kishwaukee College will be able to reduce their operational and maintenance costs as well as eliminate significant future capital costs for rehabilitation and reconstruction of their existing facilities.


Environmental

Due to their small service sizes and types of treatment facilities, the Kishwaukee College and Village of Malta wastewater treatment plants are not held to the same environmental standards as larger facilities. By connecting to KWRD’s sewer system, significantly cleaner water, meeting the strictest environmental standards, will be discharged to the public waterways.


Additionally, by conveying sewage to KWRD, the Village and College will be contributing resources to KWRD’s facility that is able to produce power from the sewage treatment process.  KWRD produces portions of their own electricity through power that is generated from biogas combustion in a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generator. 

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