The Village of Montgomery completed its Holt Well Field Filtration System on July 1, which will provide filtered water to the entire village.

Village DPW Superintendent Buddy Nelson said the system filters manganese and iron out of the water. While the minerals pose little health risks, they give water an ugly brown tint.

The system has three metal vessels, supplied by AdEdge Water Technologies, that run water from the two wells at Holt Field through a media, or sand, and pumps it out to residents, Nelson said. The project also required the construction of a 15- by 30-foot building and hook up to electric.

Nelson said Holt Field Well is the largest water supplier in the village, and supplies water to any part of the village with the largest demand.

A 2017 water report by the Village of Montgomery concluded there were no contaminants present in the drinking water that were over the regulatory limit. Manganese, the main culprit for brown water, had an average of 97 ug/l in 2015, while the regulatory limit is 300 ug/l.