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Residents press board over ongoing water-quality tests; trustees discuss legal, regulatory steps
Summary
Multiple residents told the board they continue to receive poor water since 2019, citing lead, taped school fountains and unreliable TAP remediation; trustees said they are coordinating with IEPA and may pursue specialized counsel or a new water source, but took no formal vote.
Residents used the public-comment period to press the Village of University Park to take further action on long-running water-quality problems.
Mister Lynch, a resident who said he had water test results dating to 2019, described recent tests as "terrible" and said his household and others still lack safe drinking water. "We're getting poisoned here," he said, adding that he had been provided only small bottled water deliveries and that school drinking fountains have been taped off for four years.
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