{"id":498100,"date":"2026-06-17T23:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498100\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:36:06","slug":"chicagoans-should-limit-water-use-as-more-storms-hit-the-city-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498100\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicagoans Should Limit Water Use As More Storms Hit The City, Experts Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHICAGO \u2014 Chicagoans should limit their water use to only the absolute necessities as <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2026\/06\/17\/tornadoes-torrential-rain-and-destructive-hail-possible-as-chicago-preps-for-storms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">heavy rain, strong winds and the threat of hail and tornadoes<\/a> continue throughout Chicago on Wednesday, experts urged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and Friends of the Chicago River issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/mwrd.org\/community-action\/overflow-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Overflow Action Day alert<\/a> to encourage limited water use amid the day\u2019s heavy rainfall \u2014 and as some residents are still recovering from <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2026\/06\/13\/city-working-to-fix-damage-caused-by-storms-tirelessly-mayor-says-as-thousands-await-restored-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">last week\u2019s severe storms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chicago area was expecting strong storms with potential hail, tornadoes and torrential rain in the afternoon and at night, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government organization that\u2019s responsible for treating wastewater and managing stormwater is encouraging delayed or reduced bathing times, flushing the toilet less frequently and waiting to use dishwashers or washing machines until heavy rains have passed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also suggested replacing old and leaky faucets, toilets and showerheads with new products approved by EPA WaterSense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur staff is managing billions of gallons of water at our seven water reclamation plants and through our Tunnel and Reservoir Plan, which is operating to protect our water environment and mitigate flooding,\u201d Kari K. Steele, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District president, said in a press release. \u201cWe encourage everyone to conserve water when possible to create more capacity in our systems.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2014 Chicagoans should limit their water use to only the absolute necessities as heavy rain, strong winds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-498100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}