By: Diane Benjamin
Bloomington Committee of the Whole agenda: https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4130/files/agenda/12818
The only Regular Agenda item is WATER. Making sure residents have water in the future is going to be expensive.
See the Technical Summary: https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4130/files/attachment/9574
I suggest jumping to PDF page 15 so your eyes don’t glaze over before getting there.
The really expensive fixes start on PDF page 18:
Dredging Lake Bloomington: $50,000,000
Illinois River: $175,000,000
Mahomet Aquifer: $75,000,000 to $125,000,000
If someone wants to build a data center they should be told one of the above is the cost for water.
Remember this Rivian story? https://blnnews.com/2026/02/14/water-or-jobs-rivian/
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How many years are they going to continue kicking the can down the road and go to a well system to supplement the supply? As far back as the 1990’s I remember the lakes being a problem. As soon as the stores dropped a pallet of drinking water it was gone in no time.
Better yet just move out of IL if you can.