WOODLAWN — An emergency session of the Woodlawn Village Board met to discuss the ongoing water issues that have a boil water still in effect for almost six weeks.

Officials have determined that a series of unlikely events, namely unusually heavy rains, high levels of ammonia and low chlorine levels in the water source, have caused the issues.

Woodlawn received an emergency permit from the EPA to allow the injection of chlorine into the water system.  After borrowing a pump from the city of Salem, the village obtained a larger pump from St. Louis to help chlorinate the water system.

The Nashville Water Treatment Plant also tested the water at no cost to the Village, and in conjunction with the EPA, found no dangerous bacteria in the system.

Now that the problem has been identified and addressed, village officials are hoping that the boil order can be lifted in the next couple of weeks.