University Park, Illinois, struggled for months with unsafe lead levels in family homes, office buildings and even schools. The problem grew so great that Illinois’ Attorney General sued Aqua Illinois, the village’s water supplier, in an attempt to fix it.
Testing at numerous University Park homes revealed lead levels that significantly exceeded the EPA maximum allowable level of 15 parts per billion (PPB).
Independent testing of drinking water at several University Park schools also revealed unsafe lead levels. This confirmed that lead contamination was widespread, and indicated Aqua Illinois’ water supply was the likely cause.
Despite Aqua Illinois’ significant size and resources, they couldn’t find a viable solution - until they heard about Noah.
After several meetings, they asked to test the Noah Water Quality Maintenance System in 10 University Park homes with the highest levels of lead in their drinking water. In MONTH, YEAR, Noah units were installed, and automatically began flushing the drinking water outlets in each home on an hourly schedule.
Overnight, Noah reduced lead levels to below 1.0 ppb, and kept them there.
