(225 ILCS 720/3.24) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.24)
Sec. 3.24.
Water Rights.
(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed
as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under
applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a surface mining operation.
(b) The operator of a surface mine shall replace the water supply of an
owner of an interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply
of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use
from an underground or surface source where such supply has been affected
by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from
such surface mine operation.
(Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
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