McHenry County Blog

McHenry County Blog ran the first article on attempts to establish a new form of local government locally called a water authority.

Here’s what some of the Rockford Register-Star wrote about the proposed multi-county Kishwaukee Water Authority on Nov. 17th.

Saying he had signed the petition, Larry Anderson, president of the Boone County Farm Bureau, told the Register-Star:

I think it’s a good thing for everyone. For all the farmers out there that have their own well, there is always the hope that you have good, clean water and plenty of it. We have a Class A (Kishwaukee) river, and we want to make sure we protect that quality.

Kevin Craver wrote a story for the Northwest Herald Nov. 26th.

McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler, an ally of those favoring rapid county growth, told the Northwest Herald that he feared the action would initiate a water war.

My biggest concern is that I don’t want to pit the rural community against the urban community in this regard. The water in McHenry County is everyone’s water.

The name of the group putting forth the referendum is A-LAW, short for Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water.

Here is the press release issued by A-LAW on Nov. 16th.

The proposed local government includes neither most of the Fox River Valley nor McHenry County's major municipalities.