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This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Water Use Act of 1983"
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Water Use Act of 1983". (Source: P.A. 83-700.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 525 ILCS 45 — . "Water survey" means the Illinois State Water Survey.(Source: P.A. 96-222, eff. 1-1-10.)
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Declaration of Policy
Declaration of Policy. The General Assembly declares it to be in the public interest to better manage and conserve water, to establish a mechanism for restricting withdrawals of groundwater in emergencies, and to provide for public notice of planned substantial withdrawals of water after the effective date of this Act…
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Purpose
Purpose. The general purpose and intent of this Act is to establish a means of reviewing potential water conflicts before damage to any person is incurred and to establish a rule for mitigating water shortage conflicts by: (a) Providing authority for County Soil and Water Conservation Districts to receive notice of inc…
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Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Department" means the Illinois Department of Agriculture. "District" or "Soil and Water Conservation District" means a public body, corporate and political, organized under the "Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act". "Geological Survey" mean…
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Water Conflict Resolution
Water Conflict Resolution. In the event that a land occupier or person proposes to develop a new point of withdrawal, and the new point is a high-capacity well, the land occupier or person shall notify the District before construction of the well begins. The District shall in turn notify other local units of government…
525 ILCS 45/5.1
Groundwater Emergency Restrictions
Groundwater Emergency Restrictions. (a) Each District within any county in Illinois through which the Iroquois River flows, and each District within any county in Illinois with a population in excess of 100,000 through which the Mackinaw River flows, is authorized to recommend to the Department of Agriculture restricti…
525 ILCS 45/5.2
Investigation and review - Entry upon land
Investigation and review - Entry upon land. Persons investigating a complaint or conducting a review on behalf of the Department or District of the impact of a proposed or existing well that is required to be registered may enter upon private property for the purpose of conducting an investigation and may review any re…
525 ILCS 45/5.3
Water use reporting
Water use reporting. Any person or land occupier that is responsible for a point of withdrawal classified as a high-capacity well, high-capacity intake, or public water supply shall participate in the Illinois State Water Survey's Illinois Water Inventory Program. However, high-capacity wells used for agricultural irri…
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Reasonable Use
Reasonable Use. The rule of "reasonable use" shall apply to groundwater withdrawals in the State. (Source: P.A. 83-700.)
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Penalties
Penalties. Any person who fails to register a point of withdrawal pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 5.1, or who fails to notify the District of a proposed new point of withdrawal pursuant to Section 5, or who fails to restrict withdrawals of water pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 5.1 shall be guilty of a petty…