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The Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA) has agreed to participate in the spark of nature event to be held on Saturday April 23. The event is to educate the community on the important of protecting the environment. The KRMA will address the treatment of wastewater and the effect it has on the Kankakee River.  

The KRMA annual bid procedure for grounds-keeping, housekeeping, domestic services, chemicals, and sludge removal was held this month for the physical year May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. The KRMA board will give approval to the successful bidders at the April board meeting.  

The Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA) successfully applied for and received a 5-year permit for sludge land application to agricultural lands, the permit is good through February 2027.  

The month of March, the Agency had several violations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permits. The violations consist of daily ammonia level and total suspended solids monthly average. Causes of the violation had to do with weather conditions and above plant loading design.