CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Joliet City Council has voted to tap into the city of Chicago's drinking water supply system, to replace the southwest suburb's nearly drained aquifer. Joliet council members ...

Nearly a third of the water pumped in the city of Joliet never makes it to customers — largely because of leaks. But the city is working hard on a fix, with city crews out on the streets daily as they ...

Joliet City Council members Thursday picked Chicago over Hammond as its source for the city’s future water needs, opening the door for neighboring communities such as Homer Glen, Lemont, Minooka, ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on May 19, 2025. Find that audio here. This year, Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose ...

Joliet, Illinois, has wrapped up the first leg of financing for work that lays the foundation for the city to switch its water supply from a rapidly draining aquifer to treated Lake Michigan water ...

Late last month, the city of Chicago trumpeted a $1 billion, 100-year deal with the Illinois city of Joliet to divert treated drinking water from Lake Michigan, starting in 2030, through pipes to be ...

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