South Chicago Heights, SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IN

CLIENT OBJECTIVES

The Village of South Chicago Heights was losing revenue on one out of every three gallons of water they purchased and wanted to reduce their overall water loss and to recover the revenue they were losing each year because of this excess water loss. They wanted to replace and update faulty and inaccurate reading equipment, which was resulting in dissatisfaction from homeowners.

VALUE DELIVERED

ECS Midwest was able to recapture all of the water lost through old water meters, and the Village will be able to eliminate over 90% of total water loss. ECS Midwest replaced all of the water meters to achieve this water conservation and the cost savings from this covered the expense of the project.

PROJECT SOLUTIONS

This project required ECS Midwest to implement a fixed-based AMI water meter network equipped with leak detection of water lines and identification of sites and integration of automated billing software, replacing approximately 2,000 older water meters. ECS of Indiana also provided training with the new smart meters.

CLIENT BACKGROUND

The Village of South Chicago Heights is in Cook County, IL, with a population of just over 4,000 residents.

OPERATING COMPANY:
ECS Midwest

CLIENT:
Village of South Chicago Heights

GENERAL CONTRACTOR:
ECS Midwest

PROJECT SCHEDULE:
May 2015–September 2015

CONTRACT AMOUNT:
$1,928,213.00

		Design/Build
		Bid Build
		New Contruction
		Retrofit/Renovation
		Electrical Construction
		Mechanical Construction
		Facilities Services
		Consulting Services
		Fire Protection