Lemont

Testing Requirements Once more we are proud to report that back in 2017 the water top quality in Lemont fulfilled all the United States Epa (USEPA) drinking water requirements and standards. This season, as in years previous, your tap water was tested according to federal and condition drinking water health requirements. The Lemont General public Works Department diligently safeguards the Village’s groundwater supply and it is working hard to continue offering the best water possible. The USEPA needs all communities to supply to their customers someone Confidence Report around the quality of their system’s drinking water. This statement summarizes the quality of drinking water that we provided over the last year. Included are details about where the water comes from, what contains, and how this compares to standards arranged by regulatory companies. Sources of Drinking Water The source of water originates from Ground Water. The Village of Lemont water distribution program consists of approximately 98 miles of looped water main. 4 deep wells and one shallow crisis well provide a common of 2, 500, 500 gallons of drinking water per day to Town residents. These water wells have the ability to pump four, 250 gallons each minute or over 6, 500, 000 gallons each day. Two elevated storage space tanks and 1 ground reservoir may store up to one particular, 600, 000 gallons of water. The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include streams, lakes, streams, fish ponds, reservoirs, springs, and groundwater wells. Because water travels within the surface of the property or through the floor, it can dissolve natural minerals and, in some instances, radioactive material, and may pick up substances caused by the presence of animals or perhaps from human activity. Possible contaminants consist of: · Microbial contaminants, including viruses and bacterias, which may come from sewerage treatment plants, solid waste systems, agricultural animals operations and animals; · Inorganic pollutants, such as salts and metals, which can be natural or result from city stormwater runoff, industrial, or household wastewater discharges, gas and oil production, mining, or perhaps farming; · & nitrogen-laden herbicides, which may originate from a variety of sources including agriculture, urban surprise water runoff, and residential uses; · Organic chemical pollutants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemical substances, which are by-products of business processes and petroleum production, and may likewise come from gas stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic devices; · Radioactive pollutants, which can be naturally occurring or perhaps be the result of gas and oil production and mining or prospecting activities. Other Information about Drinking Water Drinking water, which includes bottled water, may fairly be expected to consist of at least a small amount of some pollutants. The presence of contaminants will not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More info about contaminants and potential health results can be obtained by getting in touch with the EPA's A safe drinking water supply Hotline at (800) 426-4791. In order to make sure that tap water is safe to imbibe, USEPA prescribes codes that limit the number of certain contaminants in water provided by general public water systems. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION regulations establish limitations for contaminants in bottled water, which need to provide the same safety for public health. Many people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in water than the general populace. Immuno-compromised persons including persons with malignancy undergoing chemotherapy, individuals who have undergone body organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other defence mechanisms disorders, some seniors and infants could be particularly at risk coming from infections. These people ought to seek advice regarding drinking water from their physicians. EPA/CDC guidelines upon appropriate means to reduce the risk of infection simply by Cryptosporidium and other microbes contaminants are available from your Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). Source Water Tests We want our highly valued customers to be educated about their water top quality. Our regularly planned Village Board Conferences are held in 7 p. meters. the 2nd and fourth Monday’s of each month should have questions or perhaps comments about the water quality. The origin water assessment intended for our supply is over by the Illinois ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. If you would like a copy of the information, please contact the Public Works Division at (630) 257-2532. To view a summary edition of the completed Supply Water Assessments, which includes: Importance of Source Drinking water; Susceptibility to Contaminants Determination; and documentation/recommendation of Source Drinking water Protection Efforts, you might access The state of Illinois EPA website in http://www.epa.state.il.us/cgi-bin/wp/swap-fact-sheets.pl. The IEPA has determined the Lemont Community Drinking water Supply’s source drinking water has a low susceptibility to contamination. This kind of determination is based on numerous criteria including monitoring conducted at the water wells monitoring conducted in the entry point to the circulation system; and the obtainable hydrogeological data around the wells. Furthermore, pending the USEPA’s suggested Ground Water Guideline, the Illinois ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY has determined the Lemont community hydrant has a low susceptibility to viral contaminants. This determination relies upon the finished evaluation of the subsequent criteria during the Weaknesses Waiver Process: the community’s wells are actually properly constructed with audio integrity and house site conditions: a hydrogeological barrier is present which prevents virus movement; all probable routes and hygienic defects have been mitigated so that the source drinking water is adequately guarded; monitoring data would not indicate a history would not indicate a history of disease outbreak, as well as the sanitary survey from the water supply, did not show a viral contaminants threat. Because the community’s wells are built in a confined aquifer, which should prevent the motion of pathogens in to the wells, well hydraulics were not considered to be a substantial factor in the susceptibility determination. Hence, good hydraulics were not examined for this groundwater source. Based on information acquired in a Well Internet site Survey, published found in 1993 by the IEPA, four potential supplementary sources were recognized within the survey part of Lemont’s wells. Furthermore, information provided by the Leaking Underground Storage space Tank and Helpful Project Management Parts of the Illinois ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY indicated several extra sites with regular remediation which may be of interest. Source water safety (SWP) is a positive approach to protecting the critical sources of general public water supply and guaranteeing that the best supply of water is being employed to serve the public. This involves the implementation of pollution prevention methods to protect the water top quality in a watershed or perhaps wellhead protection region serving a general public water supply. Along with treatment, it determines a multi-barrier method of assuring clean and a safe drinking water supply to the citizens of Illinois. The state of Illinois EPA has applied a source drinking water assessment program (SWAP) to assist with wellhead and watershed safety of public water supplies..

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