Sewer
Sanitary Sewer Services
Village crews perform all necessary maintenance on approximately 127 miles of Village owned sanitary sewer systems. Maintenance includes routine cleaning (usually once every two years), troubleshooting, and repair of cracked or broken tile.
The property owner has responsibility for the maintenance and repair of the sewer connection from their house to the public sewer. The Village assumes responsibility for the public sewer only. Any work in the public right-of-way, however, requires a Village permit.
Storm Sewers
The Village of Glenview has initiated a comprehensive storm sewer water management plan for the Village that encompasses over 165 miles of storm sewer. Although full implementation may take many years, current policies can be summarized as follows:
- On a scheduled basis, village crews clean village-owned enclosed storm sewers. The Village also cleans and maintains manholes, catch basins, and inlets.
- Those areas not having enclosed storm sewers such as those served by ditches, are not maintained by the Village. Village crews will attempt to clean culverts as they pass under private driveways if they become blocked, however, the homeowner must repair collapsed or frozen pipes. Village crews will repair culverts under Village rights-of-way. Village crews do not do regrading of ditches.
- Extension of storm sewer service, as is the case with potable water and sanitary sewer service, is done at the expense of the benefiting property owner.
In recent years, the Village and other regional agencies have undertaken major flood control projects affecting the West Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River, projects that greatly benefit homes adjacent to the river.
The construction of the three Techny flood control basins in north Glenview has greatly contributed to the reduction in the frequency and severity of over bank flooding events along the West Fork. The developer of the North Shore Corporate Park/Heatherfield development enlarged Techny Basin 32-C to provide additional floodwater storage capacity as part of that development.
In 1990, the Village and the Navy cooperated on a plan to construct six storm water detention ponds on the Naval Air Station that would detain the water before it reached the West Fork. Three ponds were built using Village Engineering funds and Naval Reserve Construction Labor. In 1993, this process stopped when the Base was slated for closure. This effort was supplanted by the creation of Lake Glenview at The Glen as part of the Base Redevelopment projects.
Lake Glenview is a 45-acre combined recreational lake and storm water retention facility. It is sized to accommodate The Glen storm water that formerly drained in an uncontrolled fashion across the Naval Air Stations 300+ acres runways and taxiways. It is expected that Lake Glenview will be of significant benefit in reducing the likelihood of over bank flooding in Glenview. Since 65% of the Village is downstream of the outlet from the Lake, a majority of the Village should derive a substantial benefit from Lake Glenview both now, and into the future.