Engineering & Permits

Fox Metro’s Engineering Office is located at 682 State Route 31 Oswego IL, 60543. To ask any question(s) regarding the status of your project submittal, or to receive instruction on how to submit plans for review please contact us at 630-301-6882. To submit plans for review, please send via email in PDF format to: submittals@foxmetro.org

The Fox Metro Water Reclamation District is regulated by the Sanitary District Act of 1917. This Act only permits Fox Metro to annex land that is contiguous to the existing boundaries of the District. Fox Metro’s ordinances prohibit providing services to property that is not within Fox Metro’s service area. If you have property that requires sanitary sewer service and is not contiguous to the boundaries of Fox Metro, you are encouraged to seek other service options.

General Information & Specifics

The following is a list of general information, specifications and diagrams frequently requested from the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District Engineering Department. The list is not meant to be all inclusive nor is it intended to represent all specifications, fees, charges, or other requirements of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District.

General Information

Sewer Use Ordinance 936

Annexation & Infrastructure Fees
Annexation Documents
Submittal Requirements
Sanitary Sewer Design Guidelines
- Subdivision or Sanitary Extension Design
- New Building or New Service Design
Contractor Notice
General Notes
Manhole Sewer Pipe Specifications
Rules and Regulations (not for design plans)

Fox Metro Diagrams

		Clean Out
		Trench For Sanitary Services & Mains
		Service Connection
		Riser Connection For Service Lateral
		Pipe To Existing Manhole Connection
		Type A Manhole
		Type C Manhole
		Drop Manhole / New Construction
		New Manhole Added to Existing Pipe
		Drop Connection Added To Existing Manhole
		Sanitary Sewer Service & Potable Water Service Separation
		Sanitary Sewer Crossing Under Storm Sewer
		Service Abandonment / Re-Installation
		Sanitary Sewer Service through Porch Box

Fox Metro Approved Grease Removal Systems (GRS)

		65 Gallon Schier 4″
		125 Gallon Schier 4″ or 6″
		150 Gallon Endura XL
		250 Gallon Endura XL
		277 Gallon Schier 4″ or 6″
		510 Gallon Schier 4″ or 6″
		500 Gallon ADS
		700 Gallon ADS
		1,000 Gallon Xerxes GI (4” & 6”)
		1,000 Gallon ADS
		1,000 Gallon Schier 6″
		1,000 Gallon MIFAB (4″ & 6″)
		1,250 Gallon Xerxes GI (4” & 6”)
		1,500 Gallon Xerxes GI (4” & 6”)
		1,500 Gallon ADS
		1,500 Gallon Schier 6″
		1,500 Gallon MIFAB (4″ & 6″)

Miscellaneous Diagrams

Permits

Connection Permit Payments

Bond Requirements: Any firm or contractor who is performing work on District-owned Public Sewers or Building Sewers shall provide a license and permit bond to Fox Metro Water Reclamation District. The required bond is specific to the type of work being completed. Bond and license must be on file prior to issuance of any permit and commencement of any work.

Bound Unto: Fox Metro Water Reclamation District
Amount: $25,000.00
Type of Work/Description to be Performed: Sanitary Sewer Construction*
*If this states anything other than the above language, we will require it be sent back and modified.

One of the major responsibilities of the Engineering Department is to coordinate proper connections to and extensions of the collection (sewer) system which conveys sewage to the wastewater treatment plant. This is done as follows.

The Engineering Department provides developers with information and guidance regarding possible connection points, costs, and requirements of obtaining Fox Metro’s wastewater treatment services. Once a possible connection point from the proposed development to the collection system is selected, the Engineering Department prepares a draft annexation agreement for the development to be included in Fox Metro’s corporate boundary and service area.

The Engineering Department then provides the Developer with guidance in the preparation of various IEPA and Fox Metro permit applications and required plans. The Developer then submits a set of building and/or street sewer plans, depending upon the project type, for review by the Engineering Department. If the Engineering Department approves the permit application and plans, it then uses a standard rate schedule to determine and collect permitting and connection fees. The standard fee schedule helps ensure that each development pays its fair share for the capacity of the treatment plant that it will use.

Once the Engineering Department has issued a permit, the Developer must use a bonded contractor to construct the sewer service connection. The Engineering Department schedules periodic inspection of the construction to help ensure that Fox Metro specifications are being met. The Engineering Department does not allow newly completed sewers to be used until after they have passed various testing procedures. An internal television camera inspection is then done after all testing.

Annexation Fees

Annexation Fees pay for the proportionate share of operations, maintenance and rehabilitation of the existing collection system such as investigatory sewer televising, pipe lining, grouting of manholes, and excavation for repairs to reduce infiltration and inflow in the existing collection system.

Infrastructure Fees

Infrastructure Fees are the fair share cost to construct new manholes and interceptor sewers 15″ and larger, as well as new pump stations and forcemains. Also, as service areas expand, Infrastructure Fees pay for the inevitable & perpetual replacement and eventual upsizing of manholes, chambers, interceptors, pump stations, siphons, and forcemains.

Connection Fees

As new homes and businesses consume a proportionate share of the treatment plant’s capacity, Connection Fees finance the eventual costs associated with expansion of the wastewater plant’s treatment capacity, including paying for improvements resulting from state and federal mandates such as phosphorus removal, etc.

User Fees

User Fees cover the cost of operations, repairs, overhead, debt service, chemicals, and administrative costs for perpetual preservation and maintenance of the treatment plant.

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