Illinois American-Pontiac

What is a Water Quality Report? Illinois American Water troubles a document yearly describing the best of your drinking water in compliance with country and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) guidelines. The cause of this record is to boom knowledge of drinking water standards and lift consciousness of the want to shield your consuming water resources. At our brand new studies laboratory in Belleville, Illinois, we behaviour thousands of assessments in keeping with yr, checking ingesting water nice at each degree of the water remedy and shipping system. In 2017, we conducted tests for hundreds of contaminants, such as people with federal and nation maximum allowable stages. This document gives a top-level view of closing year’s (2017) water nice outcomes. It consists of details about your water and what it includes. Partnership for Safe Drinking Water Program Illinois American Water’s Pontiac District is a volunteer participant inside the USEPA’s Partnership For Safe Water, a countrywide application designed to achieve operational excellence in water remedy. In 2015 the Illinois American Water’s Pontiac facility was awarded the distinguished 15 12 months Director’s Award under the Partnership for Safe Water application. The award honours water utilities for reaching operational excellence, via voluntarily optimizing their treatment facility operations and adopting extra stringent overall performance dreams than those required by using federal and kingdom drinking water requirements. We are proud to report that we've got maintained those standards throughout 2017. Source Water Information Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) considers all floor water sources of community water supply to be liable to capability pollutants troubles, as a result, the purpose for an obligatory remedy for all floor water components in Illinois. Mandatory remedy includes coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection. The Pontiac Water Treatment Facility withdraws water for a remedy from a consumption positioned on the Vermilion River. Water is likewise alternately stored and withdrawn from a close-by reservoir. The Vermilion River is a challenge to a variety of impacts such as agricultural, municipal, and business sports. Farm chemical compounds inclusive of nitrates can be seasonally increased inside the river. Extensive tracking and treatment make sure notable water service no matter versions within the source water. The IEPA has completed a source water assessment for the Pontiac device and a duplicate is to be had upon request with the aid of contacting Elizabeth Doellman, Supervisor of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance at 217-373-3273. To view a precise version of the finished Source Water Assessments, such as Importance of Source Water; Susceptibility to Contamination Determination; and documentation/recommendation of Source Water Protection Efforts, you may get admission to the Illinois EPA website at http://www.Epa.Country.Il.Us/cgi-bin/wp/switch-truth-sheets.Pl. Environmental Stewardship Water is one of the earth’s maximum precious natural sources. Protecting the environment facilitates to make sure good enough water supply for generations. Our efforts consist of pupil schooling, community occasions, environmental partnerships and internal projects. Student Education: Illinois American Water reaches heaps of college students each yr through instructional efforts. Our water pleasant group visits local faculties to demonstrate the water treatment procedure. Our Mobile Education Center (MEC), an 18-foot studying middle, gives arms-on water trying out and a laugh lesson plans. We partner with Illinois leaders on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education efforts. Students take part in annual network events like the Clean Water Celebration held in Peoria and the Water Festival in Godfrey. Community Events: We take part in the “It’s Our River Day” celebrations every September throughout the nation. These activities promote training, activity and conservation inside Illinois watersheds. Illinois American Water personnel volunteer at the Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair in Grafton. We additionally make contributions to river cleanup efforts with the Illinois River Sweep, Vermillion River Clean Up, Living Lands and Waters-Great Mississippi River Clean Up, and greater. Environmental Partnerships: As part of our Environmental Grant Program over $195,000 has been presented to over 51 Illinois water source safety tasks given that 2009. In 2017, we provided over $20,000 for seven environmental tasks centred on the development, recovery and protection of water assets in our groups. We are continuing our multi-year agreement with Great Rivers Land Trust to lessen sedimentation of the Piasa Creek and Mississippi River. The agreement has been highlighted as a version by the USEPA. Our Champaign County team partners on the Mahomet Aquifer Consortium to protect our treasured resources. Pharmaceutical Disposal Programs: Illinois American Water has collaborated with communities to put into effect over 35 pharmaceutical disposal programs across the country. These efforts have caused the prevention of flushing medicines and the proper disposal of loads of thousands of kilos of undesirable medicines. To research more or to find a disposal area close to you, please visit www.Illinoisamwater.Com under Water Quality..

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