ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October

5,

1982

CITY OF ASSUMPTION,

Petitioner,

V.

)

PCB 82—94

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

)

AGENCY,

Respondent.

DISSENTING OPINION (by J.D.

Dumelle):

My dissent in this case is made because of the lack of in-

formation about fecal coliform levels which will occur at the

Village of Kincaid’s public water supply intake,

some 40 miles

downstream.

No data are given on dilution to the receiving stream,

if any,

or on the die—off rate for the fecal

coliforin organisms.

If fecal coliform levels at the Village of Kincaid intake

reach

2000 counts per 100 ml because of this variance then the City

of Assumption may be causing a violation of old Rule 307(C) of Chapter

6:

Public Water Supply.

But the violation,

if any,

is not the main

concern.

The concern

is whether or not the 1,424 residents of the

Village of Kincaid will continue to have a safe drinking water

supply given possible additional bacterial and viral contamination

of their raw water supply.

The record is silent on this important matter.

The Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency Recommendation mentions nothing

of any consultation with its Division of Public Water Supplies on

this subject.

I Christan L.

Moffett, ~1erk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby certify that the above Dissenting Opinion

was filed on the

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day of_(c~~~

,

1982.

christan

L.

McJfLi~tt,

Clerk

Illinois Pollutibn Control Board

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