Bonnie Thomson Carter Lake County Board Representative District 5Bonnie Thomson Carter Lake County Board Representative District 5
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Clean water is important to all of us, no matter where we get our water from now. It's an issue that is particularly important here in western Lake county and one that needs a regional solution.

By the year 2020  the demand for water will be in a crisis situation.  Continuing growth throughout the area means that regional cooperation is critical to making these decisions. It's extremely important that our region establishes an outline for planning and cooperation now, before water supplies reach a potential crisis stage.

In order to begin addressing the issue with a regional approach, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has organized a Regional Water Supply Planning Group (RWSPG) at the direction of the State of Illinois. The group will assist the State in making recommendations on water resource policies and action plans for northeastern Illinois. As a long time proponent for a regional solution to this issue, I'm particularly proud to have been appointed to represent Lake County on the RWSPG and most recently Chairperson for this group.

There are 35 members of the planning group representing counties, municipalities and stakeholder groups from Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties.

The Regional Water Supply Planning Group will focus on the area's deep bedrock aquifer and the Fox River Basin's shallow bedrock aquifer, which supply water to homes and businesses. In addition, the planning group will consider the allocation of Lake Michigan water on current and potential users.

Over the next three years, the State is expected to define a comprehensive program for state and regional water-supply planning, which includes development of standards for regional action plans and guidance for regional planning processes

For more information, visit their website at Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Regional Water Supply Study.

Read more about this appointment in this press release from Lake County: Carter appointed to represent all of Lake County on Clean Water

 

 

 

 

 

 


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A copy of my report is or will be available from the County Clerk, 18 County Street, Waukegan, IL 60085