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92_SB1674
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1 AN ACT concerning the environment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
5 by changing Section 17 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1017)
7 Sec. 17. Regulations; fire pumps; chlorination.
8 (a) The Board may adopt regulations governing the
9 location, design, construction, and continuous operation and
10 maintenance of public water supply installations, changes or
11 additions which may affect the continuous sanitary quality,
12 mineral quality, or adequacy of the public water supply,
13 pursuant to Title VII of this Act.
14 (a-5) All water distribution systems that have a fire
15 pump used for fire protection shall be designed to maintain a
16 minimum pressure of 20 pounds per square inch. The water
17 distribution systems shall not be required to be installed
18 with automatic control equipment or cut-off switches. All
19 fire pumps shall be provided with an audible alarm that will
20 sound if the fire pump suction pressure drops below 20 pounds
21 per square inch during the testing of the fire pump. The
22 testing agency shall contact the local fire department prior
23 to testing.
24 (b) The Agency shall exempt from any mandatory
25 chlorination requirement of the Board any community water
26 supply which meets all of the following conditions:
27 (1) The population of the community served is not more
28 than 5,000;
29 (2) Has as its only source of raw water one or more
30 properly constructed wells into confined geologic formations
31 not subject to contamination;
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1 (3) Has no history of persistent or recurring
2 contamination, as indicated by sampling results which show
3 violations of finished water quality requirements, for the
4 most recent five-year period;
5 (4) Does not provide any raw water treatment other than
6 fluoridation;
7 (5) Has an active program approved by the Agency to
8 educate water supply consumers on preventing the entry of
9 contaminants into the water system;
10 (6) Has a certified operator of the proper class, or if
11 it is an exempt community public water supply, has a
12 registered person responsible in charge of operation of the
13 public water supply;
14 (7) Submits samples for microbiological analysis at
15 twice the frequency specified in the Board regulations; and
16 (8) A unit of local government seeking to exempt its
17 public water supply from the chlorination requirement under
18 this subsection (b) on or after the effective date of this
19 amendatory Act of 1983 shall be required to receive the
20 approval of the voters of such local government. The
21 proposition to exempt the community water supply from the
22 mandatory chlorination requirement shall be placed on the
23 ballot if the governing body of the local government adopts
24 an ordinance or resolution directing the clerk of the local
25 government to place such question on the ballot. The clerk
26 shall cause the election officials to place the proposition
27 on the ballot at the next election at which such proposition
28 may be voted upon if a certified copy of the adopted
29 ordinance or resolution is filed in his office at least 90
30 days before such election. The proposition shall also be
31 placed on the ballot if a petition containing the signatures
32 of at least 10% of the eligible voters residing in the local
33 government is filed with the clerk at least 90 days before
34 the next election at which the proposition may be voted upon.
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1 The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
2 -------------------------------------------------------------
3 Shall the community
4 water supply of ..... (specify YES
5 the unit of local government)
6 be exempt from the mandatory -----------------------------
7 chlorination requirement NO
8 of the State of Illinois?
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10 If the majority of the voters of the local government
11 voting therein vote in favor of the proposition, the
12 community water supply of that local government shall be
13 exempt from the mandatory chlorination requirement, provided
14 that the other requirements under this subsection (b) are
15 met. If the majority of the vote is against such
16 proposition, the community water supply may not be exempt
17 from the mandatory chlorination requirement.
18 Agency decisions regarding exemptions under this
19 subsection may be appealed to the Board pursuant to the
20 provisions of Section 40(a) of this Act.
21 (c) Any supply showing contamination in its distribution
22 system (including finished water storage) may be required to
23 chlorinate until the Agency has determined that the source of
24 contamination has been removed and all traces of
25 contamination in the distribution system have been
26 eliminated. Standby chlorination equipment may be required
27 by the Agency if a supply otherwise exempt from chlorination
28 shows frequent or gross episodes of contamination.
29 (Source: P.A. 83-273.)