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INVESTOR-OWNED WATER UTILITY DROUGHT
REPORT ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION WATER DEPARTMENT JULY 15, 2005
Illinois-American Water
Company Illinois-American Water
Company is the largest investor-owned water utility in the State of Illinois
serving 267,000 customers throughout the state with water facilities in the
Chicago Metro Area, Champaign, Pontiac, Sterling, Streator, Lincoln, Pekin, Peoria, Alton, Cairo, and the Interurban District in
East St. Louis and Granite City. Customers in the Alpine
Heights, Fernway, and Liberty West service areas of Illinois-American’s
Chicago Metro Division have had water restrictions implemented. These service areas receive Lake Michigan
water, which is purchased from other communities. The outside communities have
implemented the restrictions on Illinois-American. Each service area has a lake
water allocation which limits the amount of water drawn during high demand
periods. Also, factors such as storage
and pumping limitations during periods of high demand affect the
restrictions. Oak Lawn provides lake
water to the Alpine Heights and Fernway service areas,
and the Dupage Water Commission, through the City of
Winfield, provides lake water to the Liberty West service area.
Alpine Heights has a ban on
total outside water use, except for flower and shrub watering during certain
times of the day. Fernway
has a total outside watering ban, and Liberty West has odd/even day/address
watering. The restrictions are in effect
until further notice and Illinois American Water Company anticipates that the
restrictions will be in place until we get some measurable precipitation. Aqua Illinois The second largest
investor-owned water utility, Aqua Illinois, serves 55,000 customers in their
Candlewick, Hawthorn Woods, Ivanhoe, Kankakee, Oak Run, University Park,
Vermilion, Willowbrook, and Woodhaven Divisions in
the northern half of the State. Aqua’s Hawthorn Woods system
continues to have water restrictions put on it by the Village of Hawthorn
Woods. The Village of Hawthorn Woods
issued an alternate day water sprinkling restriction which affected customers
of Aqua Illinois, who are located in the Village of Hawthorn Woods. The Village
issued the precautionary restriction because of approximately 6,000 private
wells located in the Village. Aqua Illinois did not issue a separate water
restriction since their water supply was adequate and peak demand had not been
reached. Utilities, Inc. Utilities, Inc has 22 small
water utilities scattered in the Northern half of the State with a combined
15,000 customers statewide. These water utilities all operate small well
systems with one being purchased water. There are no drought related
incidents this reporting period. During this reporting period, there
has been limited new drought related occurrences for investor-owned water
utilities. The water restrictions experienced
by Commission regulated utilities is the result of outside factors such as
other community restrictions. Both the investor-owned
water utilities and the Commission are closely monitoring the situation and the
effects the drought may have on utility customers. While the water supply has
been adequate for investor owned water utilities and there are limited water
restrictions at this time, the outlook for investor-owned water utilities appears
to be heavily dependent on the temperature, precipitation level, and resulting
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