Local coverage
Project conversations across Waukegan and Lake County.
Providers who can take a job on come and go; each page below covers housing and site context for that particular community.
North Chicago
Home to Naval Station Great Lakes' century-plus of base and workforce housing, where supply and drain lines often trace back to several distinct construction eras.
Local planning notes →Gurnee
Rapid growth since the 1976 opening of Six Flags Great America brought newer subdivisions with higher-capacity plumbing demands alongside older farmhouses.
Local planning notes →Zion
Zion's 1901 grid of biblical-named streets carries some of the area's oldest residential plumbing, laid in during the town's early-1900s planned-community era.
Local planning notes →Beach Park
A 1920s-platted lakefront community with a mix of ranch homes, bungalows, and manufactured housing near Illinois Beach State Park, each with its own supply-line vintage.
Local planning notes →Park City
Incorporated in 1958 out of four trailer parks, Park City's mobile-home-era plumbing often needs closer evaluation than its newer infill construction.
Local planning notes →Wadsworth
Rooted in 1830s farms along Mill Creek, Wadsworth mixes older rural supply lines with newer construction on larger lots.
Local planning notes →Winthrop Harbor
Platted for industry in 1899 but built out as a residential village after its 1901 incorporation, with plumbing systems spanning more than a century.
Local planning notes →Grayslake
More than half of Grayslake's housing has gone up since 1990, so newer supply and drain systems dominate, though the 1895 rail-era downtown carries older infrastructure.
Local planning notes →