Water Billing Information
Selling Property
Important information for selling prperty in the Village. Please read the Residential Compliance Inspection Checklist.
Rates & Billing
Residents are billed bi-monthly for their water usage. The current rate is $11.65 per 1,000 gallons. Sewage is billed at a rate of $1.41 per 1,000 gallons. Included in your utility bill are charges for rubbish service. Rubbish is billed at a rate of $ 25.18 per month, and appear on your bi-monthly bill as a $50.36 charge. The senior rubbish rate is $22.67 per month and will appear as $45.34 on the bi-monthly bill. Anyone who has reached age 65 should contact Village Hall to apply for the rate.
Beginning in May 1, 2019 a $6 water and a $6 sewer monthly infrastructure fee will be assessed to all residential and commercial accounts. This will appear on the bi-monthly bill as a $12 water and a $12 sewer infrastructure charge.
The Village Offers 5 Convenient Ways to Pay Your Utility Bill:
Option #1: Pay in person at Village Hall (10300 W Roosevelt Rd)
- Village Hall hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am – 4:00pm; the second Saturday of every month from 8am-Noon.
- We accept cash, money orders, personal/business check, and Visa/MasterCard/Discover (not American Express)
- There is an overnight drop box in front of Village Hall to submit payment (no cash, please!)
Option #2: Set up automatic debit payment from your checking or savings account
Option #3: Utilize E-Pay services to pay online
- Click on the “Online Payments” tab from our home page, or click here.
- Click “Water/Rubbish/Sewer Bill”
- Enter your 11-digit account number, without dashes
- If you receive an error message at login, please try again or contact Village Hall
Option #4: Mail in a Payment!
- Mail to 10300 W. Roosevelt Rd., Westchester Illinois 60154. All that the Village requires is a check wit hthe 11 digit account number in the memo. We do not need the postcard returned; please keep that for your records.
Option #5: Drop your payment 24/7 at the Village Hall.
- There is a large white box that says Village Payments Only located in the front
Local Area Water Rates
The Chicago Tribune compiled water rate information from data it collected from the City of Chicago and its suburbs. Visit
apps.chicagotribune.com/water_rates/ select a town to view their water rate information to compare it to Westchester.
Homeowner Application
New residents are required to complete this
form and return it to Village Hall, before the account will be placed in their name. You may also use this application, if you wish to update your billing address.
For third-party billing please use the
Management-Tenant Application form.:
Senior Rubbish Discount
View the Senior Rubbish Discount Form
Utility Billing Questions
Click here to ask questions about your bill, discuss a shut-off notice or request to be contacted by our utility billing representative.
Send all forms to the following address
utility@westchester-il.org
Private Irrigation Wells
If you have an irrigation well on your property that is no longer functioning, you are required by state law to repair it or abandon it. If you are selling your property you should also disclose that you have a well on your property, as the state has rules governing these wells.
An estimated 400,000 private water wells exist in Illinois. Each year, many of these wells are abandoned. An abandoned well can pose a health and safety hazard if it is improperly sealed or not sealed at all. An abandoned well can serve as a route for contaminating groundwater. Contaminated surface water, urban runoff and drainage from pet enclosures can enter the groundwater through such wells and cause pollution of other wells in the area.
The Illinois Water Well Construction Code requires the owner of a water well to properly seal the well within 30 days after it is abandoned and no longer used to supply water. If a well or boring is in such a state of disrepair that it has the potential for transmitting contaminants into the groundwater or otherwise threatens the public health or safety, it also must be sealed.
The Groundwater Protection Act mandates that where an abandoned well is found to contaminate another potable water well, the owner of the abandoned well is responsible for providing a safe and sufficient supply of water to the owner of the well that has been contaminated.
A licensed water well driller must seal an abandoned well. A homeowner may seal his or her own well if a written request is made to the local health department or to the Illinois Department of Public Health describing procedures and materials, all of which must comply with the well code. The local health department or the Department’s nearest regional office must be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of the work to seal such wells and, after the sealing is finished, a completed sealing form must be submitted to the local health department or the Department’s central office in Springfield.
More detailed information can be found in the Illinois Water Well Construction Code, at
http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/077/07700920sections.html.
Regional Offices
Illinois Department of Public Health WEST CHICAGO REGION
245 W. Roosevelt Road
Building 5
West Chicago, IL 6018-4803
Phone: 630-293-6800
Watering Ban
Sprinkling Ban Reminder
We have water use restrictions in effect every year, May 15-September 15, from 12pm to 6pm. This includes:
- Outdoor Watering
- Cleaning Outdoor Surfaces
- Cleaning Buildings
- Pool Filling
Sprinkling during unrestricted hours (before noon, after 6 pm) shall be allowed on even numbered days for those even numbered addresses, and on odd numbered days for those residents having odd numbered addresses. If we have a dry summer, further restrictions may be necessary.
Reservoir
Mayfair Reservoir & Pump Station Project Information
1975 Pump Station Design
The Mayfair reservoir was designed as a retention pond. Retention ponds are designed to have water in the bottom; Detention ponds are designed to have dry bottoms. The pump station has small dewatering pumps (DP). The village has made operational changes to the DP's to keep the bottom of the pond dry. This provides maximum flood storage and protection.
From an operational perspective dewatering the pond creates an extreme service load on the pumping system. The DP's frequently fail, as they were not designed to operate to keep the pond dry. It is likely that we will need to replace these pumps every 3 to 5 years. The last pump failure also burned out the electrical panel. Public Works is in the process of repairing the electrical panel so we can replace the dewatering pumps. Until those repairs are complete, about two (2) feet of water will remain. The two large pumps are still working to provide flood protection, but they can't work at the lower levels.
The 2016 Pond Design
The design of the bottom of the expanded reservoir is for some water to remain in the bottom. The pond is a retention pond and therefore is designed to hold some water. This was done for four reasons. 1) it is considered a Best Management Practice (BMP) to have a natural area in the pond. This natural area will absorb many of the chemicals that end up in the pond from roadway drainage. Chemicals that come into the pond from a storm include chlorides from road salt, zinc from motor oil, chromium from chrome plating to name a few. A small natural wet area breaks down this chemical mix before it is going into Salt Creek yielding a natural water treatment effect. 2) Our MS-4 permit from the IEPA favors the Village treating storm water discharge in some fashion prior to release to Salt Creek. The design reflects the need to treat our discharge before it enters into the Creek. 3) There are natural springs in the pond area. To keep a dry bottom pumps have to be designed to run constantly. That is not an efficient use of energy or an environmentally friendly practice. 4) The pond bottom is only a few feet above hard rock. When the space between the rock and pond bottom gets full of ground water, the pond bottom would be wet again, filling with the area ground water table. The ground water table is measured in square miles and that large volume of water would flow to this location if we began to pump.
The older section of the pond is kept dry by an under drain system. While the pumps for that system run all the time and burn out frequently, the ability to connect the new system directly to the old system was not possible. PW is reviewing ways to indirectly connect the new section into the under drain system.
As to the mosquito problem; We currently use a chemical called Altosid for mosquito lava abatement. The application is done by the mosquito abatement district. We place the chemical into all our catch basins thought the village. The natural area in the bottom of the old pond where the cat tails grow is the home of several species of dragonflies. They eat their weight in larva every day, as do several species of birds. We do not use Altosid in the pond as it may harm the dragonfly and birds.
Rainfall
Annual Reports