Grayslake

Our Town purchases water from your Central Lake Region Joint Action Drinking water Agency. CLCJAWA is usually an inter-governmental supportive, formed by the areas it serves: Grayslake, Gurnee, Lake Stone cold bluff, Libertyville, Lindenhurst, Mundelein, Round Lake, Circular Lake Beach, Circular Lake Heights, Circular Lake Park, and Lake County symbolizing the unincorporated regions of Knollwood and Roundout, Vernon Hills, Wildwood and Grandwood Park. THE THERAPY PROCESS Our drinking water is pumped coming from Lake Michigan and treated at CLCJAWA’s Paul M. Neal Water Treatment Facility inside the Village of Pond Bluff. The enhanced drinking water purification process utilized by CLCJAWA is unique. 1st, the water is cured with ozone to kill organisms and break down contaminants. Ozone is produced on-site from the air, bubbled into the water, after which converted back into o2. The water is then combined with a coagulant to remove yeast sediment and other material from your water Once cleared up, the water is additionally refined as it goes by through filters that contain activated carbon and fine sand to remove the rest of the turbidity. Turbidity is a measure of water clearness. Treatment facilities keep an eye on turbidity because it is a great indicator of drinking water quality and the performance of their filtration and disinfection systems. In CLCJAWA, turbidity is usually checked every 10 seconds in numerous places by automatic monitoring equipment and two times a day, by hand, inside the laboratory (see outcomes page 3). Following, the water is cured with ultraviolet light to inactivate any kind of remaining organisms. Finally, the purified drinking water is treated with chlorine to protect this as it travels throughout the water main, fluoride-based for dental health, and a small amount of a frequently used food additive called phosphate. Phosphate protects water from the metals, including lead and copper mineral, found in our homes’ plumbing systems. CLCJAWA is a 13 12 months consecutive Excellence found in Water Treatment's best-rated facility. CLCJAWA was your third facility inside the nation to achieve this variation presented by the Collaboration for Safe Drinking water. This voluntary drinking water quality program, subsidized in part by the USA Environmental Protection Agency, holds the awardees to higher requirements than required simply by current drinking water rules..

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