(615 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 120.3)
Sec. 5.
Regional organizations, municipalities, political subdivisions,
agencies or instrumentalities, and any other organization, association
or individual desiring to use water from Lake Michigan and subject to
allocation under this Act shall make application to the Department on forms
provided by such agency which shall include a
statement or finding relative to other sources of water or lack thereof
within the area, the need for such allocation or apportionment of Lake
Michigan water, the purpose or use to be made of the water so allocated,
including an estimate of consumptive use,
the point of diversion and the location of discharge after use, together
with the route such discharge will follow to reach an identifiable main
drain or stream, and whether such water will in any manner be treated or
otherwise altered or changed prior to discharge and release from control
by the applicant.
The Department in determining each allocation of water under this Act
shall consider the water requirements of the Northeastern Illinois
Metropolitan Region (specifically the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane,
Lake, McHenry and Will); the Department shall be guided by population,
business and economic projections and requirements. The Department shall
require that all feasible means reasonably available to the State and
its municipalities, political subdivisions, agencies and
instrumentalities shall be employed to conserve and manage the water
resources of the region and the use of water therein in accordance with
the best modern scientific knowledge and engineering practice.
(Source: P.A. 84-993.)
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