The Westmont Public Works Department recently learned that it will be presented with the 2015 Gimmicks and Gadgets Award at the annual Water Infrastructure Conference Oct. 14 in Bethesda, Maryland.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and other local officials have announced that Levee 37 will provide protection for more than 600 existing homes and dozens of business in Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights, with an estimated average annual savings of more than $3 million.