Descriptor pages for multiple versions of a publication may be retrieved. Users should carefully check the version or date to match publications to their needs.
Document Identification
Title
Sauk Village Water Supply Contamination Issue: Cook County, Illinois [fact sheet #3]
Access this Publication
Connect to the document
- Sauk Village Water Supply Contamination Issue: Fact Sheet #3 (Factsheet3August2012final8712.pdf)
The OCLC Open WorldCat number for the electronic document record is '809846095'.
Sample text from the file
.State of Illinois Pat Quinn, Governor Illinois Environmental Protection Agency John J. Kim, Interim Director Illinois Department of Public Health LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Director Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Office of Community Relations 1021 N. Grand Avenue East Springfield, Illinois www.epa.state.il.us Phone: (217) 782-2829 Fax: (217) 785-7725 TDD: (217) 782-9143 August 8, 2012 Fact Sheet Sauk Village Water Supply Contamination Issue Cook County, Illinois August 8, 2012 Update Background Since 2009, there have been detections of vinyl chloride in the Sauk Village water wells providing water for the community drinking water supply. Vinyl chloride is man-made chemical that is found in groundwater from break-down products of solvent-type chemicals. When vinyl chloride is detected, it can indicate spills or releases that occurred years or more in the past. The water supply wells and the finished water that is provided to residents is being sampled and analyzed by the Illi
Contact
1021 N Grand Ave E
Document Descriptive Information
File Data
- Date Accepted Into Depository: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:44:11 UTC
- Checksum Algorithm: MD5 SHA1
- Document File Checksum:
- Factsheet3August2012final8712.pdf - checksum='1485956166' byte count= '162194'
Other Descriptions Supplied by the Issuing Agency
- agencyProgram: Office of Community Relations
- contactCity: Springfield
- contactOrganization: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Community Relations
- contactPhoneNumber: 217-782-3397
- contactState: IL
- contactZipCode: 62702
- dateCreated: 08 08 2012
- dateLastModified: 08 08 2012
- description: Since 2009, there have been detections of vinyl chloride in the Sauk Village water wells providing water for the community drinking water supply. Vinyl chloride is a man-made chemical that is found in groundwater from break-down products of solvent-type chemicals. When vinyl chloride is detected, it can indicate spills or releases that occurred 25 years or more in the past. The water supply wells and the finished water that is provided to residents is being sampled and analyzed by the Illinois EPA staff on a weekly basis to make sure that water provided to the community is safe to drink.
- govType: State
- language: EN-English
- numberOrIssue: August 8
- originatorDepartment: Environmental Protection Agency
- originatorDivision: Office of Community Relations
- originatorJurisdiction: Illinois
- originatorOffice: Illinois
- volumeOrYear: 2012