WATER TREATMENT IN ROMEOVILLE

The Village softens for radium.
You still get hard water.

Romeoville pumps from 12 wells, five of them 900 to 1,200 feet down, and runs five ion exchange plants to pull radium out. The Village puts its own hardness at 10 to 20 grains per gallon. That is very hard water arriving at your house after the Village has already done its part.

Get my quote

$2,999 INSTALLED*

Get your installation quote.

A few details and we take it from here. No in-home sales visit.

Twelve wells, two depths

The Village of Romeoville draws from wells only. Five deep wells pump from 900 to 1,200 feet below the surface and seven shallow wells from 80 to 200 feet, spread around the village. The deep wells reach the same sandstone aquifer Joliet uses, which is where the radium and most of the hardness come from. Which wells feed your street decides what your tap water looks like, and the Village says hardness varies by area for exactly that reason.

10 to 20grains per gallon, per the Village

1,200 ftdepth of the deepest village wells

5ion exchange plants the Village runs for radium

What the ion exchange plants tell you

Ion exchange is the same chemistry as a home water softener: resin beads trade sodium for the calcium, magnesium and radium in the water. Romeoville runs five plants of it because the raw well water would not meet the federal radium limit otherwise. Those plants are set to get radium under the limit, not to deliver soft water to every house, and they only serve the parts of town plumbed to them. So the Village's own number, 10 to 20 grains, is what shows up at your faucet after treatment.

A softener at your main line finishes the job the plant started. It takes 10 to 20 grains to effectively zero for every tap, the water heater, the dishwasher and the washing machine. Read how the softener works.

Radium and the glass you drink from

Treated Romeoville water meets the legal limit for radium. Meeting the limit is not the same as zero, and the limit is an annual average. Radium matters when you drink it, so the practical fix is a reverse osmosis unit under the kitchen sink. RO is one of the treatment methods the EPA lists for radium and it also strips the dissolved solids that give well water its mineral taste. Read about reverse osmosis and radium in this part of Illinois.

The EWG count

In the EWG Tap Water Database, Romeoville shows 12 contaminants above EWG health guidelines. Joliet shows 2. Both meet federal law; EWG guidelines are stricter. It is a fair snapshot of what treated deep well water still carries and a reason the carbon tank and RO belong in the install, not just the softener.

What we install in Romeoville

Salt-based softener sized to the hardness number for your part of the village.
Whole-home carbon tank with media matched to the disinfectant on your system, confirmed in the quote. Read about whole-house carbon.
Under-sink reverse osmosis for drinking and cooking water.

All three installed for $2,999. See what the price includes. Send your address with the quote request and we pull the Village's report for your system before we size anything.

Sources: Village of Romeoville Water FAQs (well count and depths, 10 to 20 gpg, five ion exchange plants for radium removal), USGS hardness scale, EWG Tap Water Database (2013 to 2023 data), EPA radium treatment guidance.

STRAIGHT ANSWERS

Common questions.

Ask about your home

How hard is Romeoville water?

The Village says water in Romeoville typically ranges from 10 to 20 grains per gallon, and that it varies by neighborhood depending on which wells and treatment plants feed your part of town. Anything over 10.5 is "very hard" on the USGS scale. Send your address and we confirm the number for your system before sizing the softener.

Why does the Village run softening plants if I still need a softener?

The Village’s five ion exchange plants exist to remove radium so the water meets the federal limit. They soften the water as a side effect, but only for the part of town they serve and only down to what the plant is set for, not to zero. That is why hardness still shows up at your tap.

Is there radium in Romeoville water?

The raw well water carries naturally occurring radium, which is exactly why the Village built ion exchange plants to remove it. Treated water meets the legal limit. The under-sink reverse osmosis unit is the dedicated barrier for the water you drink.

Is the water chlorine or chloramine?

Romeoville disinfects its well water before it goes out. Your written quote confirms the disinfectant on your system and names the carbon media that matches it. We do not guess.

What does the EWG database show?

The EWG Tap Water Database lists 12 contaminants above EWG health guidelines for Romeoville. EWG guidelines are stricter than federal limits, and the water meets the law. The point is that treated well water is not the same as clean water.

The Village softens for radium.You still get hard water.