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After water main break in subdivision, Yorkville cranks up plans to replace old, leaky water pipes · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: After water main break and subdivision, Yorkville cranks up plans
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  Speaker 1: to replace old, leaky water pipes. Written by Joey Weslow,
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. After a water main break in
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  Speaker 1: a subdivision in Yorkville a few weeks ago, the city
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  Speaker 1: is gearing up for an infrastructure overhaul. The water main
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  Speaker 1: replacement project follows three years of aggressive water main replacement
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  Speaker 1: as the city aims to replace aging, leak prone pipes
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  Speaker 1: that costs residence money every year. The replacements also helped
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  Speaker 1: the city meet the requirements for the Lake Michigan water
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  Speaker 1: sourcing project. The city Council recently approved a one hundred
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine thousand, five hundred and twenty eight dollars engineering
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  Speaker 1: agreement with Engineering Enterprises INK for improvements in water mains
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  Speaker 1: running near both Wildwood Eye and Wildwood Two sub divisions.
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  Speaker 1: The new pipes will feature a connection to the Illinois
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  Speaker 1: Route one twenty six water main. With the multiple failures
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  Speaker 1: of some watermin in Wildwood Eye over the past decade
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  Speaker 1: and the main break in Wildwood Two just a couple
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  Speaker 1: weeks ago, it cemented the need for replacement public Works
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  Speaker 1: Director Eric Duce said in city documents the water main
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  Speaker 1: along Route one hundred and twenty six was installed by
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  Speaker 1: a construction crew earlier this year. Due said the improvements
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  Speaker 1: will ease pressure spikes, which are one of the main
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  Speaker 1: causes of water main breaks. He said the product's improvements
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  Speaker 1: to the site's infrastructure enables crews to replace water mains
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  Speaker 1: internally throughout the subdivisions next year, game Farm Road and
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  Speaker 1: the Beacher Center. The city also approved a one hundred
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  Speaker 1: sixty one thousand and thirteen dollars engineering agreement with Engineering Enterprises, Inc.
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  Speaker 1: Focusing on the twenty twenty seven water main replacement program
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  Speaker 1: around the area of game Farm Road and the Beach.
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  Speaker 1: Construction crews will be working on water main replacements along
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  Speaker 1: game Farm Road from Illinois Route thirty one to the
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  Speaker 1: Beacher Center. Pipes around the Beacher Center are also being replaced.
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  Speaker 1: After three years of aggressive water main replacement, the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven program scales back slightly while still providing a
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  Speaker 1: good amount of water maine replacement each year. Du said.
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  Speaker 1: As part of the city's transition to Lake Michigan Water,
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  Speaker 1: the Illinois Department of Natural Resources requires the city reduce
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  Speaker 1: non revenue water loss to under ten percent. Leaky pipes
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  Speaker 1: are one of the main causes of water loss. To
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  Speaker 1: meet the requirement, the city is replacing older, cast iron
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  Speaker 1: water pipes that are prone to breaks and leaks,