Rural Water Districts in Illinois

摘要

Research was conducted on the legal-organization, the economic and the spatial aspects of rural water systems in Illinois. The 59 districts financed in part by the Farmers Home Administration, USDA, serve 24,000 customers and maintain 4,200 miles of pipeline in southern, west-central, and east-central regions. The systems are generally owned and operated by 'water supply districts,' a special unit of local government and have to comply with all operating procedures and regulations required of public water supplies in Illinois. Districts with greater volume and/or higher user density generally had lower operating costs. The median number of users reported was 278. In 1980 dollars, the per user average outlay for operating costs and debt retirement was approximately $16.00 per month.