But because the Illinois State Water Survey has not conducted risk assessments for these remaining communities, should they stay on the aquifer, concerns remain. These towns would rely on ...

The aquifer lies beneath 16 counties, primarily in East Central Illinois, and the water that flows into it could be contaminated by human action above or below it. The carbon dioxide seepage ...

State Sen. Paul Faraci, D-Champaign, initially submitted the bill aimed at protecting the Mahomet Aquifer — a vital ...

S.B. 1723 provides what many lawmakers viewed as key protections for the Mahomet Aquifer in central Illinois, which supplies drinking water to nearly a million people in 14 counties. It comes a ...

Joliet, Illinois, about 30 miles from Lake Michigan, draws its water from an aquifer deep underground ... which draws from Lake Michigan. A map from 1935 shows a proposal to build a pipeline ...

SPRINGFIELD — In 2021, Illinois lawmakers unanimously passed and Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation creating the Mahomet Aquifer Council. The idea was to have a standing body to review ...

The Mahomet Aquifer is a source of drinking water for many communities in Central Illinois. New Poet Laureate The new Illinois Poet Laureate is an author, lecturer and writer-in-residence at ...