Full Text of HR0511 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Bloomington-Normal | 4 | | Water Reclamation District on the occasion of the 100th | 5 | | anniversary of its founding; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1919, residents of Bloomington-Normal voted to | 7 | | form a sanitary district to treat wastewater in the two | 8 | | communities; in 1928, a new, state-of-the-art plant began | 9 | | service and, throughout the years, was upgraded and expanded; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 1990, the district was renamed the | 12 | | Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District (BNWRD) by | 13 | | district trustees; in 2005, the J. Michael Callahan Southeast | 14 | | Wastewater Plant, a second wastewater treatment facility, | 15 | | opened to serve the northeast, east, and southeast metro areas | 16 | | of Bloomington-Normal, as well as portions of the Village of | 17 | | Downs; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation | 19 | | District's mission is to recycle wastewater safely, | 20 | | efficiently, and economically to improve the quality of life, | 21 | | maintain the public health, and protect the environment in the | 22 | | Bloomington-Normal area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District | 2 | | has created and currently maintains two environmental | 3 | | conservation sites in McLean County; the Kenneth L. Schroeder | 4 | | Wildlife Sanctuary is located near the Southeast Plant and is | 5 | | open to the public; the E. Burton Mercier Conservation Area is | 6 | | near Shirley; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District | 8 | | has been nominated for a number of awards; the West Bloomington | 9 | | Plant has been nominated for Plant of the Year by the Illinois | 10 | | Environmental Protection Agency multiple times and was | 11 | | selected as the Group One Plant of the Year by the statewide | 12 | | Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators four | 13 | | times; in February 2019, the Southeast Plant received the Group | 14 | | One Plant of the Year Award from the Illinois Association of | 15 | | Water Pollution Control Operators for excellence in | 16 | | aesthetics, cleanliness, operations, and compliance with state | 17 | | wastewater treatment standards; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation | 21 | | District on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its | 22 | | founding and commend them on fulfilling their mission of | 23 | | recycling wastewater safely, efficiently, and economically to |
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| 1 | | improve the quality of life, maintain the public health, and | 2 | | protect the environment; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District | 5 | | as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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