Open house scheduled for Lead Service Line Replacement Program

The village of Frankfort was recently approved to receive a loan for $1,840,535 from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

The loan is for the Lead Service Line Replacement Program. The Public Water Supply State Revolving Fund is financing the project “with 100% principal forgiveness,” according to a news release from the village of Frankfort.

Construction will commence during late summer of 2021 and be completed by the end of 2022, the release said. Participation is voluntary but encouraged, the release said.

The village will host an open house on two separate days to share additional project details. Property owners who will be affected will be able to ask questions, too.

The open house will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. July 29 and from 9 to 11 a.m. July 31 at the Village Administration Building, 432 W. Nebraska St. in Frankfort.

Approximately 200 lead service lines will be removed and replaced in this project, replacing the service line from the water main to the residential water meter.

These service lines are the small pipes that delivers water to a home or business from the water main in the street. The approximate cost of $9,000 per service line will be provided “at no cost to the village or to the property owner,” the release said.

For more information on the Village’s Lead Service Line Replacement Program, visit www.frankfortil.org or call Zach Brown, director of Utilities at 815-469-2177.