Illinois Pure Water Committee, Inc. v. Director of Public Health

Defendants, the Director of the Department of Public Health of the State of Illinois, the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Illinois, and the Alton Water Company, appealed (87 Ill. 2d R. 302(a)) from the judgment of the circuit court of Madison County holding unconstitutional section 7a of “An Act to provide for safeguarding the public health by vesting certain measures of control and supervision in the Department of Public Health over public water supplies in the State” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 111½, par. 121g1). The court enjoined the Department of Public…