In the long term, the city is working to improve the water plant’s filtration system. The city met with designers and contractors on May 29 to make a plan for addressing the issue.

The city said that due to a failure of a Water Flow Meter at the water plant, the department pumped additional chlorine out into the distribution system that exceeds the 4.0 mg/l required by the IEPA.

Once the plant is built, it has the potential to produce around 9.4 million gallons of water per day, and the city said it is working with the company to see if the water CC Polymers produces can ...