Harvey, IL Pumping Station

Harvey, IL Pumping Station is a water and sewer service operated by the City of Harvey in Harvey, IL. It functions as a major water service hub for numerous communities in the Chicago Southland area, with water pumped from Chicago to Harvey and then distributed throughout the surrounding communities. The Pumping Station Department handles both emergency and non-emergency work for all water and sewer issues. It is staffed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and can be reached at 708-331-0032 or 708-210-5300, extension 393.

As part of the City of Harvey's Water Department, the Pumping Station sits on a broader municipal platform that includes residential and commercial permit services, planning and zoning, health inspections for retail food establishments, day cares, and food carts and trucks operating within the city, and bi-annual compliance reviews aligned with Food and Drug Administration standards. Homeowners arranging improvements are required to obtain building permits before starting work, with the City advising seven to ten days for processing, and contractors must register with Harvey prior to performing any work.

The station sits on West 149th Street, roughly a tenth of a mile from Wood Street, a quarter mile from West 147th Street and from Saint Susanna School, and about a third of a mile from Ashland Park.

The department handles the round-the-clock water and sewer needs of the Chicago Southland, serving as the central distribution point that links Chicago's water supply to the communities around Harvey.