2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY › 415 ILCS 40/ - Public Water Supply Regulation Act.

(415 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121a)
Sec. 1. 
		For the purposes of this Act:
"Public water supply" means all mains, pipes and structures through
which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and
well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants,
reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally,
actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water for
drinking or general domestic use in incorporated municipalities; or
unincorporated communities where 10 or more separate lots or properties are
being served or intended to be served; State-owned parks and memorials; and
State-owned educational, charitable, or penal institutions.
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Health.
"Owners or Official Custodians" means any individual, public or private
corporation, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, public
or private institution, industry, co-partnership, association, firm, trust,
estate or any other entity whatsoever.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3201.)
(415 ILCS 40/1.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121a1)
Sec. 1.1. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Public Water Supply Regulation Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(415 ILCS 40/7a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121g1)
Sec. 7a. 
In order to protect the dental health of all citizens, especially
children, the owners or official custodians of public water supplies shall be in compliance with the recommendations on optimal fluoridation for community water levels as proposed and adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the rules and regulations adopted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Pollution Control Board.
(Source: P.A. 99-529, eff. 7-8-16.)
(415 ILCS 40/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121h)
Sec. 8. 
		
		Owners or official custodians of public water supplies shall submit
or cause to be submitted by operating personnel, such samples of water for
analyses as may be requested by the Department, which samples shall be
collected in such manner and at such points as the Department may direct,
and thereupon sent to the Department laboratories.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 2091.)
(415 ILCS 40/8a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121h1)
Sec. 8a. 
		
		The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are
hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and
procedures of the Department of Public Health under this Act, except that
Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to
procedures for rule-making does not apply to the adoption of any rule required
by federal law in connection with which the Department is precluded by law from
exercising any discretion.
(Source: P.A. 88-45.)
(415 ILCS 40/14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121n)
Sec. 14. 
		
		
		Any public water supply owner; owner's manager or agent; official
custodian; municipal, State, or other official violating or aiding and
abetting the violation of any provisions of this Act or refusing or
neglecting to comply with any order issued by the Director as hereinbefore
provided shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 77-2575.)