Utilities and Community Facilities

Utilities    

The Village of Edgar operates both a sewer and water utility.  The bulk of the users are single home residential customers.  Edgar does not have a large industrial user.  Given a stable future population, the demand or both sewer and water utility use will remain relatively.


5. Utilities Element

Goal 1: Provide efficient water and sewer service to the Village of Edgar.

Objective: Continue to search for water-using industries that will share the burden of Village utility costs.

Objective: Begin preliminary planning for eventual construction of an air-stripper needed for radon removal from the Village water supply.

 

Policies

The Village of Edgar encourages water-using industries to locate in the Village and make use of the Village water and sewer facilities.

Strategies/Actions

  • Identify industries that the Village would like to attract that would use the Village utilities.
  • Develop incentives to attract identified industries.
  • Begin preliminary planning and budgeting for the installation of an air stripper to remove radon from the Village water supply.


Talk about Heil Ginseng here:  new industry?

Water

The Water Department's responsibility is to provide clean, safe water to each address served by the Utility.  To achieve this goal, the Utility owns and operates five deep-drilled wells at depths from 205 to 400 feet.  The water is treated at the wells with three additives.  Chlorine is added to protect from biological contamination.  Sodium hydroxide is added to bring the pH close to neutral to reduce corrosion. Fluoride is added to protect teeth.  A detailed Consumer Confidence Report is available from the Village Office. The system has the capacity to pump over 400,000 gallons per day, with the water tower storing another 200,000 gallons.  Average daily water usage to the over 600 customers throughout the Village is between 105,000 and 110,000 gallons. Usage from individual meters is calculated and billed on a quarterly basis.

Source of Water Supply

 

 

 

Community Facilities

The Village of Edgar has a K-12 public school, a K-8 parochial school, a childcare center, a county branch public library, a fire department, and EMS and two senior housing apartments.