Treasurer: Gwen Henry Our Commitment: To collect, distribute and safeguard public funds responsibly. As the DuPage County Treasurer, Gwen Henry is responsible for the custody and distribution of County funds; along with paying bills for DuPage County and a number of other governmental entities. Treasurer Henry also serves as the DuPage County Collector of real estate taxes. The Treasurer's office sends out over 330,000 real estate tax bills yearly, collects over 2 billion dollars in tax revenues, and distributes that collection to over 400 taxing districts in a timely manner.
alkalis. 1  1 : a substance that has a bitter taste and reacts with an acid to form a salt : base. 2  2 : a salt or a mixture of salts sometimes found in large amounts in the soil of dry regions.
Because of the high proportion of hydroxyl ions in alkaline ionized water, the water is alkaline meaning it has a high pH or pH above 7. On the pH scale, 1-6 is acidic, 7 is neutral, and 8 and above is alkaline. The body pH scale ranges from acid to alkaline, with 0 being the most acidic, and 14 being the most alkaline.