Plainfield

The Village of Plainfield purchases Pond Michigan Water from your City of Chicago. We want the valued customers to become informed about their drinking water quality. If you would like to find out more, please attend some of the Village’s regularly planned board meetings kept at 7: 00 p. m. around the first and third Monday of each month, at the Village Corridor, 24401 W. Lockport Street, in Downtown Plainfield. If you have concerns or questions regarding this information, make sure you contact the Water Department at (815) 436-3577. To view a summary edition of the completed Resource Water Assessments, which includes: the 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 Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) website at http://www.epa.state.il.us/cgi-bin/wp/swap-fact-sheets.pl. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) considers all surface area water sources of the city water supply to be vulnerable to potential pollution complications. The very nature of surface water enables contaminants to move into the intake without protection the only dilution. This is the reason for the necessary treatment of all surface area water supplies found in Illinois. Chicago’s just offshore intakes are located far away that shoreline effects are not usually regarded as a factor in drinking water quality. At peak times of the year, nevertheless, the potential for contamination is present due to wet-weather moves and river reversals. Besides, the placement from the crib structures might serve to attract waterfowl, gulls, and terns that frequent the fantastic Lakes area, therefore concentrating fecal debris at the intake and therefore compromising the source drinking water quality. Conversely, the shore intakes are quite susceptible to storm drinking water runoff, marinas, and shoreline point resources due to the influx of groundwater to the pond. Water Conservation inside the Village of Plainfield The Village of Plainfield's year-round code for outside drinking water use/lawn sprinkling is really as follows: • Yard sprinkling for including numbered addresses upon even-numbered work schedule days is allowed between the hours of 6-10 am and 6-10 pm. • Lawn sprinkling intended for odd-numbered details on odd designated calendar days is usually permitted between the several hours of 6-10 was and/or 6-10 evening. • The sprinkling of gardens, trees and shrubs, shrubs, and plants (by use of a handheld hose or perhaps watering can) is usually permitted anytime. If there are any queries concerning these drinking water restrictions, please contact the Public Works Division at (815) 436-3577..

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