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History

  

The Kankakee River Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Facility is located on 89 acres of land adjacent to the Kankakee River. The original treatment facility was built in 1936 with major expansions in 1960, 1968 and 1988. Through an intergovernmental agreement in 1988, the City of Kankakee, the Villages of Aroma Park, Bourbonnais and Bradley agreed to provide for joint and cooperative operation, use and maintenance of the wastewater treatment system.

In 1996, the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA) was formed. KRMA owns and manages the facility in the beginning of 2005 and was completed by the fall of 2006. This project includes one chemical and two biological odor control systems as well as major equipment replacement. The Executive Director and fourteen staff members operate and maintain the facility.


Plant Design/Utilization Data:

30 Day Average Flow Capacity 25 MGD  Current Average Flow 14 MGD

Organic loading capacity: 28,000 lbs per day Current loading 30,000lbs per day

Population Equivalent  235,000 Available: 118,000


Service Area

KRMA has an approved facility planning area which represents approximately two-thirds of the County of Kankakee. This service area includes the City and three Villages along with an area reaching north to the Illinois Diversatech Campus located in the Village of Manteno. Major interceptors serve the existing population and radiate to the north, east, and south of the metropolitan area. With very little additional extension, the KRMA plant is capable of serving the entire County of Kankakee as well as developing areas in eastern Will County.


Discharge Standards/Performance Monthly Average

BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)  20 mg/l (90+% removal)

SS (Suspended Solids)   25 mg/l (90+% removal)


Customers Served:

Estimated to be 65,000 persons within the City and three Villages as well as more than 30 significant industrial dischargers and approximately 700 commercial users.

Photo Gallery

1936 Aerial 

    PROPOSED BUDGET 2023 / 2024

    An Ordinance Adopting KRMA Budget for FYE 5-1-23 to 4-30-24 Exhibit (pdf)

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    An Ordinance Adopting KRMA Budget for FYE 5-1-24 to 4-30-25-Signed (pdf)

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    KRMA STAFF

    CONTACT INFORMATION

    KRMA

    1600 W BROOKMONT BLVD

    KANKAKEE, IL 60901

    (815) 933-0444 PHONE

    (815) 933-0104 FAX

    https://krmawwtp.com

    Executive Director

    DAVE TYSON, P.E.

    dtyson@krmawastewater.com

    Superintendent

    ART STROTHER

    Art@krmawastewater.com

    Asst. Superintendent

    BRYAN KENNEDY

    815-530-3667

    bkennedy@krmawastewater.com

    Operation Manager

    RICHARD TYSON (RJ)

    815-791-2514

    rjtyson@krmawastewater.com

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Chairmman

    Mayor Christopher Curtis, City of Kankakee

    Vice President

    Mayor Paul Schore, Village of Bourbonnais

    Secretary

    Mayor Brian Stump, Village of Aroma Park

    Director

    Robert Romo, Financial Director, Village of Bradley

    Director

    Alderman Danita Grant Swanson, City of Kankakee

    Director

    Alderman Larry Osenga, City of Kankakee

    Director

    Steven Hunter, Representative, City of Kankakee

    KRMA INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT

    2017 KRMA Intergovagreement (pdf)

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