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Proposed draft — not law
PROPOSED draft language under legal review — not enacted law, not a filed bill — Illinois only.
A section-by-section public walkthrough of the proposed water-quality amendments to 210 ILCS 125 — and exactly which parts Pure Water Ops added. Built on three ideas: transparency in how the draft is made, structure in how facilities are permitted and equipped, and logging that makes the record trustworthy after the fact.
The July 2026 working draft already proposes the monitoring core. The Pure Water Ops redline is purely additive — exactly six new sections, shown here the way they appear in the document itself: in red.
Water Quality Testing Device (definition)
An electronic device that monitors and records water chemistry and flow and can transmit both real-time and historical operational data.
Electronic data monitoring service (definition)
The service that relays real-time operational data from WQTDs and stores it historically for secure transfer to the Department.
Video Safety Monitoring System (definition)
Cameras feed automated counting only — aggregate bather load, safety personnel, shifts. No facial recognition, no biometric data, no imagery retained or transmitted.
Inspections
Department inspections may be conducted by means of approved electronic data monitoring services.
WQTD installation
After May 1, 2030, a license to open or operate a swimming facility requires a Department-approved, registered WQTD.
Approved monitoring services
The monitoring service must be approved and registered, receive data over a secure API, store it encrypted, and transmit it to the Department — as a data intermediary, not a co-regulated party.
Video safety monitoring
Facilities may satisfy bather-load and staffing verification through an approved VSMS; only derived counts — never imagery — reach the Department.
Water samples
After May 1, 2030, water sample readings and operational data are submitted through approved monitoring services directly from fixed or handheld WQTDs.
Electronic permitting and records system (definition)
Defines the Department-approved system for permit applications, plan drawings, equipment records, and inspection records — with a tamper-evident audit record of every action.
Suction outlet cover; anti-entrapment device (definition)
Anchors drain-cover terminology to the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.).
Retention and retrospective review
Monitoring data kept at least 3 years, in a form that lets any point in time be reconstructed — water quality, bather load, and staff on duty.
Electronic permitting
Permit applications, sealed drawings with revision history, and serialized equipment records may flow through the electronic system (enabling "may", not mandatory).
Registration of suction outlet covers
Each VGB cover and anti-entrapment device registered with its manufacturer-rated expiration date; the system flags covers at expiration ("shall" after May 1, 2030).
Electronic verification of inspections
Inspections may be recorded with date, time, and geolocation confirming the inspector was physically on site (enabling "may").
Seven themes, each in plain language — with the statutory citations, what the base draft already covers, and what the PWO redline adds.
Certified water-quality testing devices replace manual test strips.
Continuous, encrypted submission from device to Department — with a clear liability firewall.
Cameras count — they never identify. The BIPA firewall is written into the definition itself.
Three-year retention, and the ability to reconstruct any moment at any facility.
Sealed drawings, revision history, and a tamper-evident audit trail for the whole permit file.
The VGB registry: tracking the safety device federal law already requires — through its whole service life.
Geolocated proof the inspector was actually there — the integrity standard applies to government too.
Every draft has open questions; most stay private. Ours are published — the BIPA boundary, may-versus-shall, retention, enforcement teeth, public transparency, vendor lock-in, and more — because a bill about trustworthy records should be drafted in the open.
Read the open counsel questions →