Problems with water plant in Macomb
It has recently been reported by John Calise of Benton & Associates that, water plant in Macomb, Illinois, does not have proper metering in place.
This prevents the workers from keeping a track of the internal water quality in real time, and thus it is hampering their quality of work. To add to it, he also complains that the filtration units of the plant are very old and cannot be modified.
According to him, the operators are doing a tough job. The plant has been treating cloudiness in water which had resulted in citywide boil order in December. One of the Aldermen visited the plant and stated that there might be chances of warning system being at fault. The city will be submitting an improvement plan for water treatment. It’s assumed that Illinois Environment Protection Agency might accept the plan with a low
interest loan. For the plan to initiate it will take at least 18 months and then the construction would take around six months.