[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E217]
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TRIBUTE TO THE WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO'S STICKNEY 
                                FACILITY

                                 ______


                        HON. WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 1996

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
organization that is indispensable to the health and quality of life to 
the people of not only my district and most of the Chicago area, but 
anybody who uses Illinois waterways as well, the Water Reclamation 
District of Greater Chicago.
  One of the district's main plants, the Stickney sewage treatment 
facility, was recently recognized with a gold medal for excellence from 
the Association of Municipal Sewage Agencies for its complete and 
consistent compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
System permits. The facility takes in more than three-quarters of a 
billion gallons of waste water, every day, and successfully removes 
pollutants and other solids before discharging the water back into the 
State waterway system.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the district's Board of 
Commissioners, led by President Thomas Fuller, as well as Stickney 
plant manager Allan Crowther, Deputy Chief Engineer Don Wunderlich, and 
all the district workers who made this achievement possible.