Elmhurst

We need our valued customers to be informed approximately their water great. If you would like to examine more, please experience welcome to a?end our often scheduled meeOngs. The source water assessment for our delivery has been completed via the Illinois EPA. If you would like a copy of this informaOon, please forestall utilizing City Hall or contact our water operator at (630) 530-3099. To view a precise model of the finished Source Water Assessment, together with: Importance of Source Water; SuscepObility to ContaminaOon DeterminaOon; and documentaOon/recommendaOon of Source Water ProtecOon Efforts, you may get admission to the Illinois EPA internet site at h?p://www.Epa.Nation.Il.Us/cgi-bin/wp/swap-truth-sheets.Pl Source of Water: Chicago The Illinois EPA considers all floor water resources of a community water deliver to be suscepOble to potenOal polluOon problems. The very nature of floor water permits contaminants to migrate into the intake with no protecOon handiest diluOon. This is the reason for obligatory treatment for all floor water resources in Illinois. Chicago’s offshore intakes are positioned at a distance that coastline effects aren't commonly taken into consideration an issue on water exceptional. At positive Omes of the yr, but, the potenOal for contaminaOon exists because of moist-climate flows and river reversals. In addiOon, the placement of the crib structures may also serve to a?ract waterfowl, gulls and terns that frequent the Great Lakes vicinity, thereby concentraOng fecal deposits on the consumption and accordingly compromising the source water high-quality. Conversely, the shore intakes are particularly suscepOble to stormwater runoff, marinas and coastline point assets due to the inflow of groundwater to the lake. Throughout records, there had been brilliant steps taken to guarantee a safe source of ingesting water in the Chicagoland vicinity. From the building of the offshore cribs and the introducOon of interceptor sewers to the lock-and-dam system of Chicago’s waterways and the city’s Lakefront Zoning Ordinance..

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