Ask your State Senator and Representative to cosponsor SB3968 and HB5874 
The Mahomet Aquifer and its recharge areas provide fresh water to nearly 1 million people in Illinois and tens of thousands of rural homes across 14 counties. The EPA’s designation of the Mahomet Aquifer as a sole source aquifer underscores its irreplaceable importance. But today, it is threatened by three carbon capture and sequestration projects that, if approved by the U.S. EPA, could be underway next summer.

ADM's recent monitoring well leaks underscore the importance of protecting this aquifer from contamination that could release heavy metals that cause cancer, liver damage, and anemia. Although Public Act 103-0651 requires water contaminated by CO2 pollution to be replaced, there is no reasonably available alternative drinking water source for the Mahomet, a designated sole-source Aquifer.

Use this form to ask your State Senator and Representative to cosponsor SB3968 (Faraci) / HB5874 (Ammons) to protect the Mahomet Aquifer, its recharge areas, and any future sole-source aquifer in Illinois. If your legislator has already cosponsored these bills, please thank them. You can add a note of thanks at the top of the form - OR replace the entire text.