Division 125 - Construction of Wells and Waterworks by Cities and Villages
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 125 heading) DIVISION 125. CONSTRUCTION OF WELLS AND WATERWORKS BY CITIES AND VILLAGES
(65 ILCS 5/11‑125‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑125‑1)
Sec. 11‑125‑1. The corporate authorities in each city and village may (1) provide for a supply of water by the boring of artesian wells, or by the digging, construction, or regulation of wells, pumps, cisterns, reservoirs, or waterworks, (2) borrow money therefor, (3) authorize any person to bore, dig, construct, and maintain the same for a period not exceeding 30 years, (4) prevent the unnecessary waste of water, (5) prevent the pollution of water, and (6) prevent injuries to the wells, pumps, cisterns, reservoirs, or waterworks.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑125‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑125‑2)
Sec. 11‑125‑2. For the purpose of establishing or supplying waterworks and to purchase, extend, improve and operate waterworks, each city or village may go beyond its corporate limits and acquire and hold property by purchase or otherwise, and also may take and condemn all necessary property therefor, in the manner provided for the taking or damaging of private property for public uses, including any land now used for highway purposes in or near any basin proposed to be flooded by the construction, extension or improvement of any lake by any city or village of this state, for water supply purposes, provided the highway is capable of being rerouted, raised or otherwise revised and maintained in use and that the city or village requiring such reconstruction shall either perform the necessary reconstruction work or pay the full cost thereof to provide a highway of equal value and usefulness to that existing before such work is required, or provided the highway has been vacated by order of the highway authorities having a jurisdiction over said highway. The jurisdiction of the city or village to prevent or punish any pollution or injury to the stream or source of water, or to waterworks, extends 20 miles beyond its corporate limits, or so far as the waterworks may extend.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑125‑3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑125‑3)
Sec. 11‑125‑3. The corporate authorities may make all needful rules and regulations concerning the use of water supplied by the waterworks of the city or village, and may do all acts and make such rules and regulations for the construction, completion, management, or control of the waterworks, and for the fixing and collecting of such water rates or rents as the corporate authorities may deem necessary or expedient. The corporate authorities may levy a general tax for the construction and maintenance of the waterworks, and appropriate money therefor.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑125‑4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑125‑4)
Sec. 11‑125‑4. The corporate authorities of each municipality served by a community water supply well may perform a groundwater protection needs assessment, and may by ordinance adopt a minimum or maximum setback zone around a wellhead pursuant to Sections 14.2, 14.3, 14.4 and 17.1 of the Environmental Protection Act.
(Source: P.A. 85‑863.) |