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)
