FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) – Freeport leaders break ground Monday on a new well and water treatment facility, beginning the second phase of a plan that’s been in the works for nearly a decade.
Well #12 and the new water treatment facility are being built just off Forest Road at the South entrance of Krape Park. Leaders say the development will improve water quality and increase water capacity, serving the low zone of the city.
In 2017, testing revealed PFAs, or “forever chemicals” in Freeport’s water system. In 2021, leaders broke ground on Well #11 which began service in Fall 2023.
Both wells are part of a $12.8 million project to restore clean water within the city…