Demolition-debris debate simmers in Ill. as ruling looms

摘要

The roiling debate over protecting underground drinking water around rock quarries used for disposing of demolition debris has quietedfor a few months as the Illinois Supreme Court decides whether the state should force landowners to drill wells for groundwatermonitoring.State and Will County officials argue that soil, concrete, asphalt and rock left from demolition have enough heavy metals and volatilechemicals in them that disposal in spent quarries — often dug out below the water table - poses a risk if those chemicals mix withgroundwater.