Welcome to the Official Website of Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company
Members of IARWC- Click on Member Name to Read Their Story
Bunker Hill
Centeral Macoupin County Water District
Fieldon
Who is IARWC
IARWC is a Not-for-Profit corporation organized as local business to produce drinking water for several communities and entities a like. The concept is simple, several communities and entities came together to form an entity unto itself, as to produce and sell back to those memberships of IARWC that is comprised of local communities and entities.
The whole purpose is to provide drinking water with shared resources for all! The goal is to produce drinking water in large quantities, resulting in lower production costs. This is known as "Economy of Scale" and, when done properly, is savings for all. That's the goal! To produce your drinking water at the local level, with local control, with all communities and entities having a place at the table that controls the operation of production costs.
Legal Documentation
By Laws Signed 11-17 - signed copy available upon request
Progress Being Made
With the meet and greet meetings being completed, IARWC is continuing working towards meeting and greeting property owners as to discuss the water line routing and participation of those property owners.
IARWC looks forward to working with you as the property owner. IARWC is somewhat flexible in addressing the water line route. For more information about the project, click here and look under Easement work. Click here to see the most recent newsletter about the project's progress.
At this time, Alluvial has 137 of 182 easements. To those property owners who have signed IARWC extends a warm thank you! The project is a community effort and will be made up of local representation from all the different communities that IARWC will serve - an estimated 35,000 in population. This ensures local control of the daily operation.
IARWC will be working through the rest of 2024 and into 2025 on securing the remaining easements. The project is currently broken into 4 stages, with stage 1a is anticipated to begin construction sometime in 2025. Then stage 1b is anticipated to be shortly afterward, with Phase 2 and 3 thereafter.
If you should have any questions regarding the easements, please feel free to contact Seth Elliott at 618 498 7708 or Mark Voumard at 618 259 0935.
The Alluvial Board approved to divide the original project up into four separate stages.
Stage Ia will consist of 2 wells, raw water line from the wells to the water plant, 8MGD water treatment plant, and finished water line from water plant to St. Mary's Road.
Stage 1b will consist of 3 wells and well houses, additional work at the water treatment plant, 2MG elevated water storage tank, and finished water line from St. Mary's Road to near Highway 67.
Stage II will consist of the finished water line from near Highway 67 to Stagecoach Road.
Stage III will consist of the finished water line from Stagecoach Road to Carlinville.
Additional funding through IEPA and Rural Development will be sought for the anticipated upcoming construction of the different phases. Anticipated schedules of events are bidding letting by early 2025 with construction to possibly being in early to late fall of 2025 on the Stage Ia portion of the project.
Conservation Tips
There are a number of easy ways to save water, and they all start with you. When you save water, you save money on your utility bills. Here are just a few ways...Conservation Tips
Click here for a list of newsletters regarding the project.
Click here for a view of the proposed water line routing.
Easement Map as of September 2024
Read Environmental Study Public comment for projects L177181, L177253, and L177254 can be addressed to Heneghan and Associates at 618-498-6418
Phase 1A is currently out for construction bids. Contractors interested in the bid information can visit the bid document website to puchase or view plans and specifications.
