Responsibilities
 The department aids in maintaining compliance with Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) requirements and implements and enforces a wastewater pretreatment program in accordance with established Village ordinance. Since the department was created, it has taken on other responsibilities including:

• Environmental programs/initiatives.
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources consultations
• Lake management
• Leaking underground storage tank (L.U.S.T.) oversight
• National Priorities List (Superfund) site management
• Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO) representation
• Stormwater management
• Weed abatement on Bangs Lake

Report Illegal Storm Sewer Dumping
Please help protect our environment by calling the Illicit Discharge Hotline at 847-526-9610 if you notice anything being dumped down the storm sewer. Storm sewers drain to Bangs Lake and community wetlands. Help us keep those environmentally sensitive areas clean!