State Senator Chapin Rose explains the Governor signed the task force into law earlier this year and earlier this week, Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady appointed Rose to the task force, which will focus on continued efforts to protect the Mahomet Aquifer, which provides water for over 500-thousand Illinois residents.

 

 

One area the task force will likely focus on is several closed landfills that lie atop the aquifer across it's landscape. Sen. Rose indicates it is unknown exactly how those might impact the water of the Mahomet Aquifer.

 

 

There are still appointments to be made but Sen. Rose says next summer they will provide a report to the Senate. He adds he will propose using the University of Illinois' Prairie Research Institute to do ground monitoring research.