CITY HALL — Trying to address what can be a neighborhood nuisance, the city is launching an alert system to send out emails on the status of local water and sewer projects.
Created by the Department of Water Management, the so-called WaterAlerts will provide up-to-date information on the progress of water- and sewer-main projects to local residents.
"This new notification system is a great way for neighbors to get real-time information about the progress of the water- or sewer-main project in their immediate area," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement Friday. "By signing up for alerts, Chicagoans will be automatically notified as the project enters each new construction phase, from mobilization of equipment onto the site, to the installation of new pipes, to the final restoration of the street."
Residents can sign up for the alerts at the buildinganewchicago.org website by entering their name, email address and the project identification number. That number is typically sent to local residents by mail when a water or sewer project is planned and about to get underway.
The department plans to install 90 miles of new water mains and 22 miles of new sewer mains this year alone as part of a 10-year project begun in 20122 to replace 900 miles of water mains and 750 miles of sewer mains, along with installing 200,000 new water meters.
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