$30,000 Water Main Project in Tilton Pressure, Reliability and Fire Protection to Improve.

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DANVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000

Consumers Illinois Water Company (Consumers) announced today that it began a $30,000 water main replacement project on October 26 to replace six-hundred feet of two-inch galvanized water line with eight-inch, cement-lined ductile iron pipe water main on the north side of 16th Street from King Street east to Route 1. The project is expected to take two weeks to complete.

This line has experienced breaks over the last few years due to age and is inadequately sized to provide fire protection. The main replacement includes the addition of a new fire hydrant at the intersection of 16th Street and Route 1.

Craig M. Cummings, Executive Vice President and General Manager, commented, "The Tilton area has seen a lot of development in the last couple of years. The business expansion along Route 1 made it logical to increase water system reliability and fire protection. In addition to the increased fire protection for the businesses, having another fire hydrant so close to Daniel Elementary School is an important benefit."

This project is part of Consumers' 2000 Capital Investment Plan totaling $6.9 million, of which the new nitrate removal plant is $5.0 million. The nitrate plant construction is proceeding on schedule with the plant becoming operational by year-end. Currently, the plant is approximately 80 percent complete.

CIWC serves over 55,000 Vermilion County residents in the City of Danville, the Village of Tilton, the Danville Correctional Center, the Lake Boulevard and Hooton areas, the Villages of Catlin, Westville, Belgium, as well as surrounding unincorporated areas. CIWC is a subsidiary of Philadelphia Suburban Corporation (NYSE:PSC), one of the nation's largest investor-owned water utilities, headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.