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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The Mahomet Aquifer system is an underground layer |
3 | | of water-bearing sand and gravel that fills a wide bedrock |
4 | | valley in all or parts of 14 east-central Illinois counties; |
5 | | the aquifer system is the source of approximately 53 million |
6 | | gallons of water every year for 120 public water systems and |
7 | | thousands of rural wells that serve about 500,000 people; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, More than half of the population in east-central |
9 | | Illinois relies on the Mahomet Aquifer system as a source of |
10 | | their drinking water; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, On March 11, 2015, the United States Environmental |
12 | | Protection Agency designated a portion of the Mahomet Aquifer |
13 | | system as a Sole Source Aquifer; this designation requires the |
14 | | Environmental Protection Agency to review any projects within |
15 | | the designated area that receive federal funding to assess the |
16 | | likelihood of potential contamination; and
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17 | | WHEREAS, This designation will ensure that the aquifer |
18 | | remains unpolluted and that the water contained within can be |
19 | | utilized by the residents of the area indefinitely; therefore, |
20 | | be it
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21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |