Title Iii

(415 ILCS 5/Tit. III heading)\nTITLE III: WATER POLLUTION\n(415 ILCS 5/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1011)\nSec. 11. (a) The General Assembly finds:\n(1) that pollution of the waters of this State constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish, and aquatic life, impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational, and other legitimate beneficial uses of water, depresses property values, and offends the senses;\n(2) that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, provides for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) to regulate the discharge of contaminants to the waters of the United States;\n(3) that the Safe Drinking Water Act