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Health Benefits of Drinking Hot Water
Drinking hot water can provide numerous health benefits, such as improved hydration, appetite, digestion, mood, and symptom relief from colds, while avoiding temperatures above 140 degrees Fahrenheit to prevent health risks.
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Community concerns opens low-income household water assistance program (LIHWAP)
The Will County Center for Community Concerns, as administrator of the Household Water Assistance Program in Will County is pleased to announce that funds are available to assist income-eligible households with their water and wastewater assistance.
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Joliet’s finance director delivers mostly good news on proposed budget
Road improvements totaling more than $30 million, body cameras for police officers, more revenue from sales taxes and real estate taxes and a reduction in the tax levy. That was some of the good news outlined in the City of Joliet’s proposed 2022 budget presented Monday by Jim Ghedotte, the city’s finance director. Ghedotte presented the budget on behalf of City Manager James Capparelli. It includes revenues of $388.7 million and expenditures of $438.1 million. The estimated $50 million shortfall will be made up by selling bonds to pay for $28 million in water and sewer replacement projects, as opposed to paying for them in cash. Also reserves funds from the current budget are projected to total $250 million. Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk and the city council are expected to take a closer look at the proposed budget and likely make some adjustments prior to putting it to a vote on Dec. 21.
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OP-ED: Liberty, Justice and Contracting Opportunities for All Our Entrepreneurs and Innovators
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Achieving President Biden’s new contracting goal will be a giant leap forward and make a big difference for many small businesses and communities across the country, putting an extra $50 billion into the hands of America’s small, disadvantaged businesses over the next five years.
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Warehouse workers keep pressure on for corporations to pay more for Joliet water
Protestors from the Warehouse Workers for Justice gathered outside Joliet City Hall on Monday to keep the pressure on in advocating for clean, and affordable water now and in the future for all residents and to highlight the seriousness that warehouses and the corporations that own them pay more so residents can pay less. In late January of this year, the Joliet City Council voted unanimously in favor of a deal to obtain Lake Michigan Water from the City of Chicago by 2030. The new water source will cost the average user about $90 per month by 2030 and increase to about $143 by 2040, according to city officials. The city needs to find a new water source before the local aquifer it currently receives water from dries up.
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Warehouse Workers group want ‘community-driven solutions’ to water cost
A proposal to bring Lake Michigan water to Joliet via a pipeline from Chicago in the future has some balking at the projected high cost and who should bear the brunt of that cost. At a meeting on affordable water hosted by the Warehouse Workers for Justice at the Hartman Recreation Center, youth leaders from the group discussed what they believe are the root causes of the water crisis in the city and the rising costs of water due to aquifer depletion and outdated infrastructure.
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Schumacher Family Farm exhibit on display at Joliet Historical Museum
Hundreds of people visited the Iron Bridge Trailhead at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie over Labor Day weekend, and two of those visitors grew up at the historic site. Alvin (“Al”) and Robert (“Bob”) Schumacher brought together four generations of their extended families to what is now the Iron Bridge Trailhead on Sept. 4 to share their stories of growing up on the Schumacher family farm – “Fairview Farm.” For some of the children, it was the first visit to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie to hear family stories about farm life in Illinois in the 1930s.
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Plainfield mayor to investigate E. Coli contamination
Following a weekend where residents could not get their favorite iced coffees at local establishments or get tap water with their dinner at restaurants, things are back to normal in the Village of Plainfield as the EPA has declared it is safe to consume water. Last Friday, residents who receive their water from the Village of Plainfield received alerts from Will County that E. coli bacteria was found in the community’s water supply. Residents were all told to boil their water, causing mass shortage of bottled water in area stores. Anyone who drinks water contaminated with E. coli can have diarrhea, stomach cramping, pain or tenderness, nausea and vomiting.
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Joliet officially on its way to getting Lake Michigan Water
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) this past Wednesday, Sept. 1st, issued an order granting the City of Joliet a Lake Michigan Water Allocation Permit. This permit allows Joliet to begin using Lake Michigan water as its source of supply in 2030 and establishes annual allocation amounts through the year 2050.
