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Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force
The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force was created by Public Act 100-0403 to address the issue of maintaining the clean drinking water of the Mahomet Aquifer. Task Force members are required to conduct a study of the Mahomet Aquifer to:
- Develop a State plan to maintain the groundwater quality of the Mahomet Aquifer;
- Identify potential and current contamination threats to the water quality of the Mahomet Aquifer;
- Identify actions that might be taken to ensure the long-term protection of the Mahomet Aquifer; and
- Make legislative recommendations for future protection of the Mahomet Aquifer
Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force: Findings and Recommendations
- Published December 21, 2018 Report
Full Committee - Meeting Information
| Date | Location |
Agenda & Public Notice | Minutes | Presentations |
| December 17, 2018 10:00 am |
Illinois State Capitol Committee Rm 114 401 South 2nd Street Springfield, IL 62701 |
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| December 10, 2018 10:00 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes |
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| November 19, 2018 10:00 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes |
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October 15, 2018 10:00 am |
First Christian Church |
Final Minutes |
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September 17, 2018 |
Illinois State Capitol |
Final Minutes |
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| August 20, 2018 11:30 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Final Minutes |
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| August 6, 2018 11:30 am |
Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors 201 Evans Road Rantoul, IL 61866 |
Final Minutes | ||
| July 16, 2018 10:00 am |
Illinois Farm Bureau (Earl Smith Hall) 1701 Towanda Ave. Bloomington, IL 61701 |
Threat Assessment of Mahomet Aquifer Landfills | ||
| June 18, 2018 10:00 am |
Mahomet-Seymour High School (Auditorium) 302 W. State Street Mahomet, IL 61853 |
Draft Minutes |
Recommendations on Research, Management, and Protection of the Mahomet Aquifer |
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| April 30, 2018 10:00 am |
Town of Normal Multipurpose Room #409 Uptown Station 11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761 |
Final Minutes | ||
| March 26, 2018 10:00 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Final Minutes | ||
| February 23, 2018 10:00 am |
First Christian Church 3350 N. MacArthur Road Decatur, IL 62526 |
Final Minutes |
Sub-Committee A - Contamination Threat
| Date | Location | Agenda & Public Notice | Minutes | Presentations |
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| September 17, 2018 9:00 am |
Illinois State Capitol |
Draft Minutes | ||
| August 20, 2018 10:30 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes |
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| August 6, 2018 9:00 am |
Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors 201 Evans Road Rantoul, IL 61866 |
Draft Minutes | ||
| July 16, 2018 1:30 pm |
Illinois Farm Bureau (Earl Smith Hall) 1701 Towanda Ave. Bloomington, 61701 |
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| June 18, 2018 1:30 pm |
Mahomet-Seymour High School (Auditorium) 302 W. State Street Mahomet, IL 61853 |
Draft Minutes | ||
| May 21, 2018 10:00 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes | Threat | |
| April 23, 2018 10:30 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes |
Sub-Committee B - Protection
| Date | Location | Agenda & Public Notice | Minutes | Presentations |
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| September 17, 2018 9:30 am |
Illinois State Capitol |
Draft Minutes |
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| September 4, 2018 10:00 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes |
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| August 20, 2018 9:00 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes | Jim Risley Presentation | |
| August 6, 2018 9:00 am |
Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors 201 Evans Road Rantoul, IL 61866 |
Draft Minutes | ||
| July 9, 2018 10:00 am |
City of Monticello Municipal Center 210 N. Hamilton St. Monticello, Illinois 61856 |
Draft Minutes | ||
| June 1, 2018 10:00 am |
Livingston Center 224 E. Livingston St. Monticello, Illinois 61856 |
Draft Minutes | Bill Compton | |
| April 16, 2018 10:30 am |
Champaign County Board Lyle Shields Meeting Room Brookens Administrative Center 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802-4581 |
Draft Minutes |
Minority and Dissenting Opinions to Draft Report
Public Comments Received
Reports, Publications and Planning Documents
- Mahomet Groundwater Systems
- Illinois EPA 2012 Integrated Water Quality Report: Illinois EPA has done a focused evaluation the CWS probabilistic network wells screened in the Mahomet Aquifer. Information related to this evaluation is found in our 2012 Integrated Water Quality Report - Volume II, specifically pages 39 - 49 and Figures C-8 and C-9 on pages 22 and 24, respectively.
- Illinois EPA's Groundwater Quality Protection Program webpage has links to program details and resources including the documents Groundwater Protection by Local Governments and Guidance Document for Groundwater Protection Needs Assessment
- Illinois EPA Source Water Assessment Protection Program GIS Tool
- "Meeting East-Central Illinois Water Needs to 2050: Potential Impacts on the Mahomet Aquifer and Surface Reservoirs"
- The Mahomet Aquifer Consortium: "A Plan to Improve the Planning and Management of Water Supplies in East-Central Illinois"
- Natural Gas Working group
- "Anomalous Groundwater Pressure Responses in the Mahomet Aquifer Near the Manlove Gas Storage Field" - George Roadcap, PhD, Illinois State Water Survey
- Geologic Cross Sections of Quaternary Deposits Across the Manlove Gas Storage Field Area, Champaign County, Illinois - Andrew J. Stumpf, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) Report, Tritium-analysis
- The People's Gas Light and Coke Company First Agreed Intermim Order
- Groundwater flow and recharge in the Mahomet Bedrock Valley Aquifer, east-central Illinois
- Fact Sheet for Methane in Groundwater
Example Ordinances
- The Central Region Groundwater Protection Committee’s web page includes links to the Tazewell County Groundwater Protection Ordinance and the City of Pekin’s Overlay Wellhead Ordinance
Videos
- Video on 3-D mapping that includes 3D redering of the Mahomet Aquifer: Barb Stiff - ISGS
- Video on Recharge Rates of the Mahomet Aquifer: George Roadcap - ISWS
Additional Information
Contact
For more information, please contact the Illinois EPA Office of Community Relations. Additional documents not available on this webpage may be obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request or through IEPA Document Explorer.