Section 301.102 Policy

Section 301

Section 301.102  Policy

The General Assembly finds

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

[415 ILCS 5/11(a)(1)].  It is the purpose of these rules

to designate the uses for which the various waters of the State will be

maintained and protected; to prescribe the water quality standards required to

sustain the designated uses; to establish effluent standards to limit the

contaminants discharged to the waters; and to prescribe additional regulations

necessary for implementing, achieving and maintaining the prescribed water

quality.  It is also the purpose of these rules to comply with Section 402 of

the Clean Water Act.