Will County Gazette

The Romeoville Village Board of Trustees received details of some multiyear agreements for the quality of the village’s water during a recent workshop meeting.

During the Dec. 7 workshop meeting, which was streamed on YouTube, it was noted that the village currently is nearing completion of Phase 1 and is exploring options to continue into Phase 2, which will focus on corrosion control, monitoring chemical treatments and pipe quality. Trustees learned during the session the water doesn’t require any extra chemical treatments but will have to test older pipes to be tested.

The village is currently in Phase 1 and is looking to continue into phase 2. It concerns optimal corrosion control, monitoring chemical treatments and pipe quality. They have found that there are no additional required chemical treatments for their water, but they do have to harvest some pieces of pipe from older techniques of installation in the village to test it.

“We're going to be taking parts of the pipes and we'll be sending that to the lab,” Director of Public Works Chris Drey said during the meeting.

By continuing the program, it was noted during the session that the village will be able to monitor older pipes and link them to the Lake Michigan Water Study being proposed by the village as it works with neighboring communities to send the water to the lab to ensure it meets EPA standards.

Moreover, during the meeting Drey told the board there likely wouldn’t be any adverse impact by performing these studies, noting that the village doesn’t have any lead service lines. Drey did note that some older lines were sealed by lead soldering at the point where they enter homes.

Drey told trustees during the session that testing has been scheduled to ensure there are no issues with running water through those lines before a new well is turned on.