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An Ordinance to Establish the Grand Prairie Water Commission, Approve an Intergovernmental Agreement and a Water Supply Agreement,
Appoint Representatives to the Commission, and Authorize Approval of Bylaws and a Program Management Agreement, and Other Related Matters
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WHEREAS, the Village of Romeoville ("Village") provides potable water service through its water system to its water customers ("Water Service"); and
WHEREAS, the provision of Water Service is a matter essential to the public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, a safe, reliable, and ample supply of water is essential to providing cost? effective Water Service; and
WHEREAS, the Village's Water Service uses groundwater as its supply source; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, the Illinois State Water Survey ("ISWS") issued its report entitled "Changing Groundwater Levels in the Sandstone Aquifers of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin: Impacts on Available Water Supply" ("2015 Report"), which outlined the long history of its study of available water supplies in northeastern Illinois and shows that, since 2000, the levels of groundwater supply available in the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer (deep sandstone) beneath Will, Kane and Kendall Counties and the surrounding areas have continued to decline; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the ISWS issued its report entitled "Analysis of Risk to Sandstone Supply in the Southwestern Suburbs: A Report to the Southwest Water Planning Group (SWPG) (Contract Report 2020-04)," dated September, 2020 ("2020 Report"), which quantified the sustainable yield of the deep sandstone aquifer in the southwest suburban region as ranging from 2 to 7 million gallons per day, which is insufficient to support the water needs of communities in the region; and
WHEREAS, the existing water usage within Will, Kane, Kendall and Grundy Counties and surrounding areas continues to exceed the available yield from the deep sandstone aquifer and, when combi...
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