Public Act 103-0833
 
HB4804 EnrolledLRB103 35814 LNS 65899 b

    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by 
changing Section 19.11 as follows:
 
    (415 ILCS 5/19.11)
    Sec. 19.11. Public water supply disruption; notification.
    (a) In this Section: 
    "Disruption event" means any: 
        (1) change to a disinfection technique, practice, or 
    technology, including each instance of any change in the 
    concentration of any disinfectant in the water of a public 
    water supply that results in residual concentrations of 
    the disinfectant in the water either exceeding 50% or 
    falling below 20% of the monthly average concentration of 
    disinfectant reported to the Agency in a public water 
    distribution entity's most recent monthly submission of 
    Daily Operating Reports;
        (2) planned or unplanned work on or damage to a water 
    main or fire hydrant;
        (3) change in a treatment application or source of 
    water that results in an altered finished water quality;
        (4) event that results in a public water supply's 
    operating pressure falling below 20 PSI; or
        (5) condition that results in the issuance of a boil 
    water order. 
    "Disruption notification list" means a list enumerating 
health care facilities, fire departments, dispatch centers, 
and their designees that are served by a public water supply 
and maintained by a public water distribution entity. 
    "Fire department" means a fire protection service provider 
(i) organized under the Illinois Municipal Code or the Fire 
Protection District Act and (ii) recognized by the Office of 
the State Fire Marshal. 
    "Health care facility" means a facility, hospital, or 
establishment licensed or organized under the Ambulatory 
Surgical Treatment Center Act, the University of Illinois 
Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home 
Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the 
Community Living Facilities Licensing Act. 
    "Health care facility list" means a list enumerating 
health care facilities and their designees that are served by 
a public water supply and maintained by a public water 
distribution entity.
    "Public water distribution entity" means any of the 
following entities that are responsible for the direct 
supervision of a public water supply: a municipality, a 
private corporation, an individual private owner, or a 
regularly organized body governed by a constitution and 
by-laws requiring regular election of officers.
    "Public water supply" has the same meaning as defined in 
Section 3.365.
    "State agencies" means the Illinois Environmental 
Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Public 
Health.
    "Water supply operator" means any individual trained in 
the treatment or distribution of water who has practical, 
working knowledge of the chemical, biological, and physical 
sciences essential to the practical mechanics of water 
treatment or distribution and who is capable of conducting and 
maintaining the water treatment or distribution processes of a 
public water supply in a manner that will provide safe, 
potable water for human consumption. 
    (b) A public water distribution entity, through its 
designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water 
supply operator and all affected health care facilities, fire 
departments, and dispatch centers on the public water supply's 
disruption notification health care facility list not less 
than 14 days before any known, planned, or anticipated 
disruption event. An anticipated disruption event includes for 
purposes of this subsection any disruption event that could or 
should be reasonably anticipated by a public water 
distribution entity.
    (c) A public water distribution entity, through its 
designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water 
supply operator, and all affected health care facilities, all 
affected fire departments, and all affected dispatch centers 
on a disruption notification list that are served by the 
public water supply and affected by any unplanned disruption 
event in the public water supply's water distribution system. 
The notification required under this subsection shall be 
provided within 2 hours after the public water distribution 
entity becomes aware of the unplanned disruption event.
    (d) A health care facility, fire department, and dispatch 
center shall designate an email address to receive electronic 
notifications from the public water distribution entity 
concerning planned or unplanned disruption events. The email 
account shall be accessible to the health care facility's 
designated water management plan administrator, the fire 
department's chief officer, the dispatch center's chief 
officer, and other responsible administrative personnel.
    (e) Any planned or unplanned disruption event notification 
sent to a health care facility, fire department, or dispatch 
center under this Section shall also be sent to the State 
agencies via email to the email addresses designated by the 
State agencies within 5 business days. The State agencies 
shall establish, maintain, and retain a list of notifications 
received pursuant to this subsection.
    The notice required under this Section shall include, but 
shall not be limited to, the following:
        (1) a detailed description of the disruption event;
        (2) the date, time, and location of the disruption 
    event; 
        (3) the expected time needed to resolve the disruption 
    event; and 
        (4) a list of the health care facilities, fire 
    departments, and dispatch centers notified by the public 
    water distribution entity.
    Beginning one year after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the State 
agencies shall make available upon request a list of 
disruption events, in an electronic format, sorted by the year 
and month of each occurrence. 
    (f) A public water distribution entity may use contact 
information in its possession, including phone numbers, email 
addresses, and residential addresses, that it obtained before 
or after a planned or an unplanned disruption event in a public 
water supply in order to inform its customers of the 
disruption event, regardless of whether consent is expressly 
given to use the information for that purpose. 
(Source: P.A. 102-960, eff. 5-27-22.)

Effective Date:  1/1/2025