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Termination of UCSD Sanitary Sewer Lateral Repair Permit Program

Plumbers and sewer contractors will need to obtain a sanitary sewer lateral repair permit from the City or Village where the repair is being performed at.

Sanitary sewer lateral repair permits will be issued by the following municipal agencies: 

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Crystal Lake Park bridge installation

UCSD’s original bridge across Crystal Lake Park was installed in the 1950s to unobtrusively contain the sewer that connects what was then the northwest edge of Champaign the UCSD Northeast Treatment Plant.  The bridge was extensively re...

UCSD Participating in Illinois Wastewater Surveillance System Study

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) partnered to create the IWSS program which detects pathogens in wastewater to provide an early alert for pandemic preparedness.     The program wa...

UCSD Northeast Plant awarded Plant of the Year 2021 and UCSD featured in UIC publication

It’s a BIG Trophy…and a Pretty Big Deal Too!

The Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District's Northeast Plant was awarded 2021 Plant of the Year by the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators.   Our Southwest Plant won it for 2010....