Model Legislation

Illinois SB1723

EPA-Sole-Source Aquifer
Energy, Transportation, and Environment (ETE) Committee

This bill addresses protection of sole source aquifers, which are underground water supplies that serve as the primary or only source of drinking water for a community. It establishes stricter regulations on activities that could contaminate these critical water resources, such as conducting carbon sequestration activities over, under, or through a sole source aquifer.

NBCSL Member Sponsors
  • Rep. Carol Ammons (IL)