Macomb

Population: 21,500
Mayor: Mike Inman 
School: Macomb Community Unit School District #185
Higher Education: Western Illinois University, Spoon River College

 

UTILITIES

Electric: Ameren Illinois, McDonough Power Cooperative
Gas: Ameren Illinois

  • Local Distibutor
  • Pipeline Source: Panhandle Eastern
  • Gas Transportation Available: No

Telecommunications: McDonough Telephone Cooperative, Comcast, Frontier
Water: City of Macomb

  • Source: Lake/Well – Reverse Osmosis
  • Elevated Storage Capacity: 1.5 Million Gallons
  • Capacity of Water Plant: 4.5 Million Gallons Per Day
  • Average Consumption: 2.1 Million Gallons Per Day
  • Peak Consumption: 3.2 Millions Gallons Per Day

Wast Water: City of Macomb

  • Sewage Treatment: Tertiary
  • Treatment Capacity: 3 Million Gallons Per Day
  • Present Load: 2,200,000 Gallons Per Day
  • Excess Capacity: 800,000 Gallons
  • Design Capacity: 7,500,000 Gallons Per Day

Trash/Recycling: Jackson Disposal, Waste Management 

 

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Bridgeway, Inc.
Farm King
Macomb School District
McDonough District Hospital
Mosiac
NTN Bower
Optometric Billing Consultants
Pella Corporation-Macomb Operations
Refreshments Services Pepsi
Sodexo
Spoon River College
The Elms
Wal-Mart Super Center
Wesley Village
Western Illinois University
Yetter Manufacturing
YMCA