By Joseph Sanchez Several Ion Exchange Plants have been commissioned in Romeoville, IL, to improve its water quality by reducing existing levels of radium in the drinking water below requirements mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Located 30 minutes southwest of Chicago, the Village of Romeoville draws its water from a ground water supply consisting of five deep wells with pump settings of approximately 1,500 ft. below the surface and seven shallow wells pumping 150-300 ft. below the surface. The village pumps over 3.8 million gallons a day to over 50,000 residents in the suburb and nearby service areas, which totals over 1.4 billion gallons a year.
An aerial view of Romeoville's first Ion Exchange Softening Plant located alongside one of the village's newest water pumping stations.
In compliance with EPA regulations, the village conducts quarterly water sample testing. The quarterly tests had revealed slightly elevated levels of radium (226 and 228) in the aquifer from which the village draws most of its water supply. The radium levels exceeded the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's maximum level of 5 picocuries per liter or pCi/L.
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