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Ep78: Illinois's Liquid Assets
Today we’re going to look at a closed-door meeting that was supposed to happen in Marion, Illinois, in June 2026. It brought together rural water-district operators, regional lawmakers, and the state’s largest investor-owned water utility—and then it got canceled. We’ll put that episode in the longer story of Illinois’ Water System Viability Act, the wave of municipal buyouts that followed, the real infrastructure needs facing small systems, the growing pressure from data centers and other big water users, and the trade-offs between local control, access to money and expertise, what people…
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