(225 ILCS 720/3.24) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.24)

Sec. 3.24. Water Rights. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a surface mining operation.

(b) The operator of a surface mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of an interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where such supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from such surface mine operation.

(Source: P.A. 81-1015.)