You wake up in the morning and you turn on the faucet in the sink and water comes flowing out, but have you ever wondered where that water comes from?  Well, the Broadview-Westchester Joint Water Agency is one of the groups responsible for bringing that water to your home. 

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The water in your home originally comes from Lake Michigan.  The City of Chicago Water Department takes the water out of Lake Michigan, treats it to make sure it is safe for drinking, and then pumps the water to all the homes and businesses in the City of Chicago and allows the suburbs in Cook County to take water.    That is where the Broadview-Westchester Joint Water Agency takes over.  They connect to the City of Chicago system and transmit the water to their 10th Avenue Pump Station.  The water travels about 4.2 miles through a 24” pipe.  The Agency also provides water to Hines VA Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center and Madden Hospital.  The water then continues to flow in the 24” pipe and once the water arrives at the 10th Avenue Pump Station, the water enters three underground storage reservoirs, each with a capacity of 0.5 Million Gallons!