Meeting Location Change
The Village Board meeting scheduled for Monday, October 20, 2025, at 7:00 PM will be held at the Sherrard Fire Department instead of Village Hall.
Village of Sherrard Water Announcement:
"Switch to free Cl2 notice"
Hello all,
Its Sat Oct 11th.
This message is to do my best to notify all residents that my plan is to start the chlorine chemistry change tomorrow afternoon (Sun the 12th) at the water plant. People closest to there obviously will be affected 1st and likely are the most susceptible to stronger tastes / odor changes. People farther away it will take longer and may not notice it as much but the whole system will experience the free chlorine chemistry over the next several weeks.
With quite a few members utilizing the Village of Sherrards Facebook page we will use that page, and post this announcement around town in places like the post office Village Hall etc.
We try to do these regular flushing events at least twice per year, usually late fall, (October) and early spring, (March / April)
Starting this year we are "required" to have a "nitrification action plan." One of the actions we "perform" or "execute" in these plans is hydrant flushing and when necessary we increase our disinfectant dosage to "free residuals" usually just prior to, and during a hydrant flush.
At this time I feel it might be a good idea to do another shock / breakpoint chlorination with the flush again this fall. During this procedure the water may smell, and taste "different, " with many people describing it like "pool water." I can assure you it is still safe for all your needs including consumption, and the Chlorine levels will be kept within the required Illinois EPA limits.
There is one more thing we have learned having done these Shock chlorination events numerous times before. If your home has a water softener, it is a good idea to bypass it while doing this process. There have been several units fail shortly after these shock chlorination events. We believe in some rare occassions, the resin (media) in the unit perhaps has neared the end of its useful life already, and the increased disinfection sends the unit over the edge and may force you to replace it sooner than later.
So just to be safe, if you have a softener, when I announce what weeks I'm shocking and flushing, put your softeners in bypass if you have one. If you aren't sure how to do this, private message me and I'll help or walk you through it.
My apologies for the short notice (less than a week....) but I need to take advantage of the weather for flushing and coordinating this with some vacation I am taking.
Stay healthy and safe.
Dan Helm
Village of Sherrard Water Operator