Illinois American Water Encourages Customers to Participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019

 

[April 26, 2019] 

Illinois American Water encourages customers to participate in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this coming Saturday, April 27, 2019. Residents are encouraged to drop off their unwanted medications at approved collection sites so they can be incinerated, which is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recommended approach for pharmaceutical disposal. Flushing medications down the toilet and throwing them in the trash are discouraged.

Participating Illinois collection sites can be located here - https://tinyurl.com/ y6pv6lz6.

“Experience shows that the most effective and cost-efficient way to ensure high-quality drinking water is to keep our source waters clean. This event is a great opportunity for residents to securely drop off any unused or expired medications, helping to prevent flushing of drugs where they could eventually end up in our waterways,” said Randy Pankiewicz, Illinois American Water Director of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance.

Pankiewicz added, “It’s important for us to keep these items out of landfills and water supplies as well as the hands of those who may misuse or abuse them. Through these efforts we can help protect our water and community.”

Illinois residents unable to participate Saturday are encouraged to use their community pharmaceutical disposal programs to properly dispose of their unwanted medications.

IN LINCOLN:

The National DEA Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday, April 27th, 2019. Lincoln Police Department has partnered with ALMH to help get your unused or expired medications at the Lincoln Police Department from from 10am till 2pm.

Please no liquids or sharps. You can call Logan Dispatch at 217-732-2152 if you are disabled and an officer will come to your home to pick up your medications.

Help keep your community safe through proper disposal!

https://takebackday.dea.gov

About Illinois American Water - Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 1.3 million people. American Water also operates a customer service center in Alton and a quality control and research laboratory in Belleville. With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly-traded water and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 7,100 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to over 14 million people in 45 states and Ontario, Canada. American Water provides safe, clean, affordable and reliable water services to our customers to make sure we keep their lives flowing. For more information, visit amwater.com

[Karen Cotton]