Water to Flow in New Pipes in Sauk Village

Construction expected to be complete by end of next week

Officials in Sauk Village are making the first drops in the bucket for improved drinking water quality.

Crews began installing new pipes Thursday after high levels of vinyl chloride were found in the water. Those levels were high enough to prompt the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to warn residents against drinking the water.

That contamination also prompted public meetings to address the issue.

The village voted in March to use water from Lake Michigan, but that requires a major reconstruction project. That $19 million project is not expected to be complete until 2016.

Work on the pipes is expected to be complete by the middle or end of next week. Until then, city officials will be required to give bottled water to residents who ask for it as an alternative to the municipal supply.
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