Thursday, August 19, 2010

Tour

Tour of Fermilab, Batavia Illinois
Fermilab’s Mission Statement: The Department of Energy promotes scientific and technological innovation to advance the national, economic and energy security of the United States. As part of the DOE strategic goals, Fermilab's mission is to advance the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy. Fermilab's world-class scientific research facility allows qualified researchers from around the world to conduct fundamental research at the frontiers of high-energy physics and related disciplines.
Visit the Fermi web site for more information.

Fermilab is located in Batavia, Illinois, about 45 miles West from Chicago.

From Chicago: Travel west on the Eisenhower (I-290) to I-88 (80 cents) Exit I-88 at the Farnsworth exit, north or right (60 cents). Farnsworth becomes Kirk Road. Follow Kirk Road to Pine Street. Turn right at Pine Street, Fermilab's main entrance.

From O'Hare Airport: Take I-90 east toward Chicago. After just a couple of miles, take I-294 south, toward Indiana (80 cents) From I-294 take the exit to I-88, the east-west tollway, toward Aurora (80 cents). From I-88, take the Farnsworth exit (60 cents). Turn north onto Farnsworth. Farnsworth becomes Kirk Road. Follow Kirk Road to Pine Street. Turn right on Pine Street, the Main Entrance to Fermilab. Come to Wilson Hall, the High Rise, you'll see it sticking up off the prairie.

From Midway Airport: Take Cicero Avenue North to the Stevenson Expressway South (I-55) to I-355 North (toward Northern Suburbs). Take I-355 to the East-West tollway (I-88). Take I-88 West for approximately 10 miles to the Farnsworth North Exit and turn right. Travel 2.9 miles to the Pine Street entrance to the Fermilab.

• Assemble and network 5:00 p.m. at Wilson Hall Atrium
• Tour 5:15 p.m
• Dinner 7:00 p.m. at Chez Leon (in the Fermilab campus)

• Swordfish or Tortellini
• Lemongrass Rice
• Salad (greens)
• Lemon Napoleon (dessert)
• Cash bar
  

The cost of dinner is $30.00 plus gratuity. Chez Leon accepts check, cash, and credit card (Visa, Master Charge, and Discover.)

If meeting costs are prohibitive, please contact our Treasurer, Rod Stipe to discuss alternate arrangements.

Please email robert.wachsmuth@uop.com to confirm you are coming.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Tours

• Wastewater Treatment Plant at Stickney, Illinois. The Stickney Plant is the world’s largest sewage treatment plant. It is almost one mile square. In this facility you will see primary (physical) and secondary (biological) treatment and all of the laboratories.
• Mainstream Pumping Station at Hodgkins, Illinois. This facility Is one of the pumping stations for the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP), or Deep Tunnel Project, in which excess rainfall and sewage is held in the tunnels and reservoirs before pumping to a reclamation plant for treatment.

• Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
  6001 W. Pershing Road
  Cicero, IL 60804
• Hodgkins Mainstream Pumping Station
  6100 S. River Road
  Hodgkins, Illinois

Heading south on I-294:

• To reach the Stickney Plant exit at the Ogden Ave/US-34 exit. Turn left on Ogden (heading east). Turn right at S Harlem Ave. Turn left onto 39th St/W Pershing Rd. The plant will be on the right.
  
• To reach the Hodgkins Mainstream Pumping Station exit at the 75th St and turn left on 75th (heading east toward Willow Springs Rd.). 75th St. will turn left and become Santa Fe Dr. From Santa Fe turn right at Leon Cook Dr. and continue onto River Rd. The pumping station will be on the left.

• Stickney Plant Tour: 9:00 - 11:00 AM
• Hodgkins Plant Tour: 2:00 - 3:30 PM
  

TBD

Please send a completed hardcopy MWRD Release and Indemnity Form for either tour to:

Robert Wachsmuth
7632 Weymouth Circle
Hanover Park, IL 60133

If you are interested in coming to both tours, complete two sets of forms. Note that the tours are limited to the first 25 people who apply and the completed paperwork must be received by May 13, 2010. Please see the MWRD Tour Guidlines before attending.

Thursday, April 15, 2010, 2010

Agenda

Timothy T. Loftus, Ph.D., Project Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
“Northeastern Illinois Regional Water Supply/Demand Plan ” See
http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/watersupply/default.aspx
for more information on the Study.

Greek Islands Restaurant and Lounge
300 East 22nd Street
Lombard, Illinois 60148
Phone: 630-932-4545

The restaurant is north of the Yorktown Shopping Center. From 22nd St. enter the restaurant parking lot by turning north on either Northlake Rd.(turn immediately left) or St. Regis Rd. (turn immediately right).

Assemble and network at the Restaurant 5:15 to 6:15 PM
Dinner: 6:15 PM
Presentation 7:00 – 8:00  PM.

The cost of dinner is $25.00, “Greek Islands Family Style Menu” which includes
Appetizers: gyros and saganaki (flaming cheese)
Salad: greek salad
Main Course: sliced roast leg of lamb, pastichio (Greek lasagna), mousaka (eggplant and meat casserole), dolamades (stuffed grape leaves) and keftedes (Greek meatballs)
Greek desserts and coffee
Cash bar
If meeting costs are prohibitive, please contact our Treasurer, Rod Stipe to discuss alternate arrangements.

Please email Robert Wachsmuth@uop.com to confirm you are coming. Please RSVP by April 12 so I can give the count to the restaurant.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Agenda

Chapter meeting featuring guest speaker, Jennifer Schuch, Project Environmental Scientist, CHMM, CPEA, URS Corp. Ms. Schurch will present “Recent Developments in Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Planning (SWPP)”

See Presentation

Argonne National Laboratories
Guest House
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois

To reach the Argonne National Laboratories, exit off I-55 onto Cass Avenue South. Note that the Cass exit is about 5 miles south of where I-294 crosses I-55 and 3.5 miles north of where I-355 crosses I-55.
Entrance to Argonne National Laboratories is on the right. Follow signs to the Guest House.

Assemble and network at the Guest House: 5:30 to 6:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Presentation 6:45 – 7:45 PM.

Please email Mark Kamiya to confirm you are coming. Include with your name your company and that you are a US citizen. Please RSVP by February 12 so he can get badges for you.