The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) is seeking to sell water to Cronus Chemical for use in a proposed fertilizer plant. Under the agreement, the equivalent of 6.3 million gallons of effluent per day would be piped to Tuscola and no longer discharged to the Saline Branch or the Copper Slough.
The District is taking public comment on a draft sales contract this Thursday at 10 a.m.
Prairie Rivers Network is concerned that the contract is not a fair deal for rate payers or local streams.
The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. on January 30th at the Urbana Champaign Sanitary District, 1100 East University, Urbana, IL.
Prairie Rivers Network is encouraging residents to attend, voice their concerns and ask pointed questions about whether this deal protects them and their local streams.
Contact: Kim Knowles, Prairie Rivers Network 217/344-2371/ext. 209, kknowles@prairierivers.org
