Water officials: Lake Vermilion's nitrate levels too high

Over the past three years, nitrate levels that exceed drinking-water standards have been recorded in Lake Vermilion, Aqua Illinois officials told Vermilion County landowners Thursday.

David Cronk, production manager for the company that provides water from the lake to Danville and other area towns, said nitrate levels seemed to be on the decline prior to 2012, a drought year, but shot up in 2013, remained up in 2014 and increased in 2015 before dropping a bit this year.

But not enough to appease Aqua and the Lake Vermilion Water Quality Coalition.

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IFCA continues to work cooperatively with Aqua Illinois and our members in the Lake Vermilion watershed to lower the N levels in the lake.