The Regional Water Supply Planning Committee (RWSPC) for east-central Illinois is accepting public comments on its draft final report “Plan to Improve the Planning and Management of Water Supplies in East-Central Illinois” through June 15, 2009. The report finds that withdrawals from the Mahomet Aquifer, the major source of water for Champaign County, could increase as much as 80 percent by 2050 if we take no action to reduce our use of water and plan for future needs.

The purpose of the report is to provide recommendations and guidelines for how water in east-central Illinois should be managed to prevent future water shortages. Although the RWSPC has been meeting monthly for almost three years, there has been little public comment provided at the Committee’s meetings. You can contribute towards protecting the rivers, streams and groundwaters which support wildlife and which supply drinking water and other benefits to east-central Illinois residents by submitting comments to the RWSPC’s draft report.

To read or download the Committee’s draft report, go to www.rwspc.org/commproducts.htm. For a list of report references to Champaign County in the draft report click here. For more information contact csmith@prairierivers.org.

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