Des Plaines online utility portal now available

The city of Des Plaines' new water utility website portal is now online, providing an interactive dashboard for residents to track their water usage.

The site features easy-to-read usage charts, graphs, billing estimates, tips and more.

Residents with a Sensus water meter can set up an account at desplaines.org/mywater to get started. Anyone with questions can call (847) 391-5322.

Alerts can also be sent to multiple recipients. Customers can monitor multiple meters from the portal: vacation homes, rental properties, and irrigation meters, for instance. Rainfall and temperature data allows customers to see how their usage might be affected by weather conditions. The dashboard also shortens the time it takes to identify a problem, which can control water usage costs through real-time monitoring alert.