Like a hand in a glove, wastewater treatment has matched the rapid growth of housing in Huntley, Ill. Developments like Sun City, Talamore, Heritage, and Covington Lakes have boosted the population of this suburban Chicago village from 5,000 to 23,000 in 10 years.
Rather than become outdated or overwhelmed, the public infrastructure has kept pace through forward-looking planning and partnership between village officials and developers. As part of the planning, Huntley’s West Wastewater Treatment Plant, built in 1999 and managed by chief operator Adrian Pino, has grown from a capacity of 650,000 gpd to 2.6 mgd through a series of regular
