Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Intergovernmental Agreement

In May 2019, Cook County and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ("MWRD") entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement which allows for the OIIG to provide its services to the MWRD. This Intergovernmental Agreement can be accessed here: 

OIIG and MWRD Intergovernmental Agreement

Filing a Complaint

If you have information concerning corruption, fraud, waste, mismanagement, and/or employee misconduct (whether it involves a violation of policy, law, or both) in the operation of the MWRD, we encourage you to file a complaint. This may involve employees, elected and appointed officials in the performance of their official duties, as well as contractors and subcontractors doing or seeking to do business with the MWRD.

Complaints are submitted to the OIIG via:

ONLINE: Submit Complaint Online

MAIL: 69 W. Washington Street, Suite 1160, Chicago, IL 60602

PRINT COMPLAINT FORM: A complaint form can be printed and completed for mail or email submission OR call to request one be sent to you.

COMPLAINT HOTLINE: (312) 603-0745. Please be sure to speak slowly and clearly when leaving your information.

BY APPOINTMENT: to schedule an appointment with an OIIG Investigator to file a complaint in person call: (312) 603-0350.

Quarterly Reports

The Independent Inspector General submits Quarterly Reports to the MWRD Board of Commissioners and Executive Director. The Quarterly Report is released the 15th day of January, April, July, and October of each year. Quarterly Reports chronicle the number and type of investigations initiated, concluded or pending since the date of the last report and whether any recommendations for remedial action were made and whether or not the recommendations were followed by the MWRD.

Public Statements

The Independent Inspector General is authorized to issue public statements in two circumstances: When an investigation that exonerates an individual who is publicly known to have been under investigation, where the subject requests such a statement; and when an investigation concerns inefficient or wasteful management, as opposed to individual misconduct or illegality.

Previously, the OIIG has issued the following public statements:

Questions

Please contact (312) 603-0350 if you have any questions. Additionally, feel free to e-mail our office at independent.inspectorgeneral@cookcountyil.gov.