Although the Illinois EPA claimed that they discovered the "illegal and secret" use of the well in late 2007, they never notified the residents of Crestwood that they had been drinking …

Jul 23, 2015 · CHICAGO — Two former water department officials for the southwest suburban Village of Crestwood were each sentenced today to two years’ probation for lying repeatedly to …

Drawing water from the municipal well, housed in a crumbling yellow-brick building under the village water tower off 127th Street, enabled Crestwood officials to cut back on purchases of …

Oct 2, 2025 · Eventually a source told her the truth: the village had been mixing contaminated well water into the drinking supply for years despite earlier assurances to regulators.

Smetana says Crestwood mixed clean Alsip water with "up to 20 percent" of its chemical-ridden well water through December 2007. The complaint notes that an investigator had even found …

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) has determined that the estimated levels of contamination of the Crestwood water system did not exceed the federal drinking …

Apr 25, 2009 · Crestwood had escaped scrutiny by telling state officials they purchased all of their water from neighboring Alsip, which freed the village from conducting its own tests.

The Illinois EPA discovered that a contaminated emergency back-up water supply well was being used illegally by supplementing the treated Lake Michigan water that Crestwood provides to its …

Oct 14, 2015 · The water mains running from Alsip to the Crestwood community were leaky, however, which Crestwood was unwilling to fix. Instead, officials devised an elaborate scheme …

Recent testing has revealed a concerning chemical profile in Crestwood's water supply. While the village meets federal legal minimums, earning an "A" grade for legal compliance, the story …