Tag Archives: Water

Champaign County ELUC Meeting – Thursday, June 6

When: Thursday, June 6, 6:00pm Where: Lyle Shields Meeting Room, Brookens Administrative Center, 1776 E. Washington St., Urbana After tabling it at their last meeting, the Environment and Land Use Committee (ELUC) of the Champaign County Board will consider a resolution opposing water … Continue reading

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UCSD Public Meeting: Proposed Water Sale to Fertilizer Plant & Coal Mine

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PUBLIC MEETING ON MAY 8TH AT 6:30 PM AT THE UCSD URBANA PLANT, 1100 E. UNIVERSITY AVE. The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) is considering selling large amounts of water from its Urbana and Savoy sewage treatment plants … Continue reading

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Homer Votes “No” To Raw Water Sale

By now you’ve probably heard the good news. At its April meeting, the Homer Village Board voted unanimously 5-0 to decline to sell raw water to Sunrise Coal and Hallador Energy for use in washing coal at their proposed mine.  (Read the News-Gazette … Continue reading

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Homer Enters Into Water Potable Water Contract with Sunrise Coal

Homer, Ill. – Despite having voted against a potable water contract with Sunrise Coal at its February 11th meeting, the village trustees decided to reconsider the unaltered contract for potable water at their March 11th meeting. The vote came after … Continue reading

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Homer To Re-Vote on Potable Water Contract with Coal Mine Tomorrow

On Friday the News-Gazette reported that Homer’s potable water contract with Sunrise Coal will be revisited at tomorrow’s Homer Village Board meeting. One of the board members who voted “no” last month has changed his mind and is willing to … Continue reading

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