The League of Women Voters presented a study on McLean County's water supply Tuesday night. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)

By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – The future of McLean County's water supply was the subject of a recent study by League of Women Voters committee.

The committee presented their findings Tuesday night at the Normal Public Library. Committee member Anne Nadakavukaren said the league expected to find a major future problem needing to be addressed, but that wasn't the case.

"We were very pleasantly surprised to find out that we're doing much better than many other parts of the state," said Nadakavukaren. "We have adequate reserves, for the most part, and pretty good quality."

Nadakavukaren said Normal and some of the smaller communities are in particularly good shape.

"They have adequate reserves. Most of it's coming from ground water and there's plenty of water in the ground," said Nadakavukaren. "There have been some quality issues in some towns, but they have installed treatment systems that will allow them to meet standards."

Bloomington was the only community which might have an issue, according to Nadakavukaren.

"As long as we have adequate rainfall, Bloomington's in very good shape also. The concern is that a prolonged drought would dry up the water sheds that are feeding Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen," she said.

Nadakavukaren explained Bloomington is aware of this potential problem and is searching for an area southwest of the city where it could possibly draw additional water from.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].