Quincy Water Treatment Plant
September 17, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Director of Public Works Jeffrey Conte called the process “relatively simple” to repair a 24-inch main at the City of Quincy’s water treatment plant after an excavator hit it late Thursday afternoon. He shook his head when asked to elaborate on what could have been. “It could have been horrible,” he said. “It…
Read Full Article September 13, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
UPDATE: Quincy Public and Parochial Schools are dismissing because of the city’s water situation. Schools will dismiss 3 hours early. 11am – The Academy, 11:25 am: QHS, 11:41 am: QJHS, 12:15 p.m.: Elementary. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the city was awaiting word from the Illinois EPA on how to proceed with the boil order…
Read Full Article August 15, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A recent investigation by the Chicago Tribune says more than 8 million people in the state — 6 out of every 10 Illinoisans — are drinking tap water with toxic chemicals that build up in human blood, cause cancer and other diseases and take years to leave the body. Recent testing by the…
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