{"id":36737,"date":"2026-04-30T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=36737"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:16:00","slug":"ej-water-celebrates-new-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/36737-ej-water-celebrates-new-reservoir\/","title":{"rendered":"EJ Water Celebrates New Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Illinois State Director Jesus Ortega announced that EJ Water Cooperative, Inc. received $5,537,000 for construction of a reservoir west of Holland, Illinois. \u00a0The new reservoir is one of the critical water upgrades the cooperative is making that will provide access to reliable water for more than 16,000 rural residents across seven counties in rural Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>The new 48-acre, above-ground side channel reservoir can supply water for six months, replacing the previous reservoir that could supply water for just three days. \u00a0The new reservoir is 40 feet deep, and the lower intake structure improves water quality by reducing turbidity and providing a more consistent temperature of the water.<\/p>\n<p>The USDA Rural Development investment in the reservoir includes two loans totaling $4,577,000 and a $960,000 grant. \u00a0Funding for the reservoir project was provided through Rural Development\u2019s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. \u00a0The program helps rural communities extend and improve water and waste treatment facilities that serve local households and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The late Delbert Mundt founded EJ Water Cooperative, Inc. in 1989 to help people. \u00a0This project is among the initiatives he wanted to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Delbert would be smiling if he was here today,\u201d said EJ Water Cooperative, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bill Teichmiller. \u00a0\u201cHe was always forward looking. \u00a0When we can do something to serve a community, it just makes me feel like we\u2019ve done our job, providing our service to the community as a co-op to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently EJ Water Cooperative, Inc. provides access to reliable water for more than 70,000 rural Americans across 19 counties in Central and Southern Illinois and has more plans to expand plant capacity in the future. \u00a0The new reservoir was built as part of plans to continue to meet the growing needs of people in Effingham, Shelby, Cumberland, Fayette, Clay, Christian, and Montgomery counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Illinois State Director Jesus Ortega announced that EJ Water Cooperative, Inc. received $5,537,000 for construction of a reservoir west of Holland, Illinois. \u00a0The new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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