Diligent Care for the Water System Earned an Illinois Village a Utility Water Saver Award

The Illinois village on Mount Prospect earns accolades for a disciplined approach to maintaining its water system and curtailing water losses

Diligent Care for the Water System Earned an Illinois Village a Utility Water Saver Award

The Mount Prospect water utility team includes, kneeling, from left, Joe Markelonis, maintenance worker; John Frank, electrician; and maintenance workers Brad Coop, Jay Gomez and Tonya Bracher. Standing, Mike Schuster, foreman; Max Orlandi, maintenance worker; Doug Petro, foreman; Jake Sprow, Jeff Burger and Sean Feeney, maintenance workers; and Casey Botterman, water and sewer superintendent.

The Illinois village of Mount Prospect has not had its own water plant for decades. It does have plenty of challenges to satisfy the demands of a suburban Chicago municipality, and it has one challenge found in few other places.

The village sits a couple of miles north of the...

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