City of Murphysboro v. SANITARY WATER BOARD, ETC.

The City of Murphysboro filed a suit under the Administrative Review Act, attacking an order of the Sanitary Water Board of the State of Illinois, which directed the City to cease discharging its untreated sewage into the Big Muddy River. From a judgment sustaining the Board, the City appeals on the ground the findings and orders of the Board are against the manifest weight of the evidence.

This City has a population of about 9000 and discharges its untreated sewage into the river through four outlets. In 1948 the discharge averaged about 550,000 gallons per day. The City also obtains its…