- Board Adopts an Effluent Limit for Primary Contact Recreation Use Waters
The Illinois Pollution Control Board, on February 2, 2012, adopted a rule establishing an effluent
limit for fecal coliform colony forming units (CFU) during the period of March 1 through
November 30 for effluent discharges to Primary Contact Recreation water segments of the
Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) and Lower Des Plaines River (LDPR).
- The
rulemaking is docketed as In the Matter of: Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations for
the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) and the Lower Des Plaines River: Proposed
Amendments to 35 Ill.
- The effective date is March 1, 2016, for existing dischargers.
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Board Adopts an Effluent Limit for Primary Contact... 
