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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- The Joliet City Council voted Tuesday night to build a pipeline from Indiana into the city to bring in water from Lake Michigan. There are looming concerns that the city's wells ...

Each department’s requests were evaluated closely to ensure responsible and strategic use of City funds," Beth Beatty pointed out.

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago aldermen gave preliminary approval on Monday to a proposal to provide drinking water from Lake Michigan to southwest suburban Joliet, in a deal that could bring in tens of ...