Illinois § 14.1 Community water supply; minimum setback zone

Illinois Statutes

§ 14.1 — Community water supply; minimum setback zone

Illinois § 14.1

JurisdictionIllinois

TopicHEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 415ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Act 415 ILCS 5/Environmental Protection Act.

Art.Title IV - Public Water Supplies

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Bluebook

415 Ill. Comp. Stat. 14.1 (2026).

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A minimum setback zone is established for the location of each new community water supply well as follows:

(a)No new community water supply well may be located within 200 feet of any potential primary or potential secondary source or any potential route.

(b)No new community water supply well deriving water from fractured or highly permeable bedrock or from an unconsolidated and unconfined sand and gravel formation may be located within 400 feet of any potential primary or potential secondary source or any potential route. Such 400 foot setback is not applicable to any new community water supply well where the potential primary or potential secondary source is located within a site for which certification is currently in effect pursuant to Section 14.5.

(c)Nothing in this Section shall a

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A minimum setback zone is established for the location of each new community water supply well as follows: (a) No new community water supply well may be located within 200 feet of any potential primary or potential secondary source or any potential route. (b) No new community water supply well deriving water from fractured or highly permeable bedrock or from an unconsolidated and unconfined sand and gravel formation may be located within 400 feet of any potential primary or potential secondary source or any potential route. Such 400 foot setback is not applicable to any new community water supply well where the potential primary or potential secondary source is located within a site for which certification is currently in effect pursuant to Section 14.5. (c) Nothing in this Section shall affect any location and construction requirement imposed in Section 6 of the "Illinois Water Well Construction Code", approved August 20, 1965, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. (d) For the purposes of this Section, a community water supply well is "new" if it is constructed after September 24, 1987. (e) Nothing in this Section shall affect the minimum distance requirements for new community water supply wells relative to common sources of sanitary pollution as specified by rules adopted under Section 17 of this Act.