Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed three bills Sunday designed to safeguard drinking water supplies and study the issue urban flooding.

"Water is a tremendous resource except when you have too much of it or it’s not fit to drink,” Quinn said in a statement. “These new laws will help us better control the damaging urban floods we’ve had recently, and will help maintain our clean drinking water systems.”

One of the signed pieces of legislation, SB 2966, sponsored by State Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago), establishes the Urban Flooding Awareness Act, which "forms a working group with representatives from state, federal and local agencies and other interested parties who will review and evaluate the latest research, policies and procedures regarding urban flooding," according to a release from the governor's office.

Under the new law, which takes effect immediately, the working group will submit an urban flooding report to the governor and Illinois General Assembly by June 30 of 2015.

Another measure, SB 2770, sponsored by State Sen. Pamela Althoff (R-McHenry) and State Rep. Michael Tryon (R-Crystal Lake), requires community water systems in the state to select an operator "who will be directly responsible for that system’s water supply and distribution," according to the governor's office. The law, which takes effect immediately, will also ensure community water supply operators have the most up-to-date certification and skills.

Also, Quinn signed a bill that allows law enforcement agencies "to collect, store, and transport controlled substances from residential sources to a site or facility permitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency," according to the legislation. The bill, SB 2928, sponsored by State Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan) and State Rep. JoAnn Osmond (R-Antioch), takes effect immediately. The measure "will help ensure that fewer unused medications are flushed down the toilet, which has serious negative impacts on water supplies," the governor's news release reads.