- Board to Hold Hearing on a Proposal to Establish a Setback Zone for Several Community
Water Supply Wells Owned by Fayette Water Company
On May 5, 2011, the Board accepted for hearing a rulemaking proposal to establish a maximum
setback zone for six community water supply (CWS) wells owned by Fayette Water Company in
Fayette County.
- The proposal was filed by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency (IEPA) on April 21, 2011, and is docketed as In the Matter of: Setback Zone
for Fayette Water Company Community Water Supply: Amendments to 35 Ill.
- The IEPA states that it
“considers these wells to be geologically sensitive and concluded that all the water system’s
wells are highly vuln...