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| | 181: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois State Water Survey strategic plan provides mission, vision, goals, and strategies to ensure the long-term availability of adequate supplies of clean water at a reasonable cost. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000003094 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 182: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007-6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Prompted by concerns for their countys water resources, Kane County officials funded a multifaceted project to be conducted by the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) and Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS). The project, initiated in May 2002 and scheduled to conclude in December 2007, will provide baseline water-resources data, analyses, and tools for future analyses of water resources available to the county. | | | | Date Created: | 10 03 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | Contract report 2007-06 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000004075 Original UID: 3923 FIRST WORD: Kane | |
| 183: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This Illinois State Water Survey document measures soil moisture at all layers in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000004861 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: Soil | |
| 184: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1993 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This document provides pertinent information on the spatial distribution characteristics of extremely heavy rainstorm events in Illinois and the Midwest. Relations were developed for those storms in which maximum rainfall at the center equaled or exceeded the point maximum experienced on the average of once in 100 years or longer. The study was limited to this group of storms because of existing needs for information on these extreme storm events in the design and operation of water control structures in small basins. It is recommended for use in conjunction with Illinois State Water Survey Bulletin 70, Bulletin 71 (Midwestern Climate Center Research Report 92-03), and Water Survey Circular 173 for runoff computations related to the design and operation of runoff control structures in small basins subject to extreme rainfall events. Area-depth relations were derived from information obtained through operation of several dense raingage networks, detailed field surveys and analyses of severe rainstorms in Illinois, analyses of heavy rainstorms in a six-basin hydroclimatic study, and exceptional storms recorded by the climate network of the National Weather Service in Illinois. Using data and information from these sources, curves defining spatial distributions for storms of various areal extent were derived. Results are presented in a form readily adaptable for use by hydrologists or other interested users. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | C-176 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000764 Original UID: 999999993836 FIRST WORD: 100 | |
| 185: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2002 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In response to expanding urban development, the use of Lake Michigan and other sources for public water supplies, and a growing interest in regional water resources development, this report provides a detailed discussion of groundwater withdrawals and water levels in northeastern Illinois. The water-level portion of this report covers a 15-county area from Lake Michigan to north-central Illinois and from the Wisconsin border south to Kankakee County. Particular emphasis, however, has been given to deep well pumpage in the eight counties of the Chicago region because of the significant shift in the late twentieth century from groundwater supplies of the deep bedrock aquifers to Lake Michigan and other sources. This report details the fall 2000 water-level measurement of wells reaching to the St.Peter and Ironton-Galesville sandstones (deep bedrock aquifers), provides a map illustrating the slope of groundwater levels, and compares the fall 2000 levels to the fall 1995 observations. The rapid decrease in groundwater pumpage from the deep bedrock aquifers during the 1980s initially resulted in a rapid recovery of groundwater levels. However, the rate of water-level change has slowed since the mid-1990s. The greatest recovery during the past five years occurred in Cook County. Groundwater levels in several wells were observed to have risen more than 50 feet since 1995. Where the deep bedrock aquifers of Cambrian-Ordovician age continue to be used, declines in groundwater levels were observed. Most notable declines were in southeastern Kane and northern Kendall Counties, southwestern Lake County, and southeastern McHenry County. Outside the Chicago region, water-level declines were observed in deep wells at Loves Park in Winnebago County and in the vicinity of DeKalb and Sycamore in DeKalb County. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | DCS-2002-02 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000901 Original UID: 999999994346 FIRST WORD: A | |
| 186: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2005 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A new method for estimating the groundwater contribution area (GCA) for Illinois nature preserves was demonstrated using 12 test sites (Bluff Springs Fen, Braidwood Dunes and Savanna, Elizabeth Lake, George B. Fell, Goose Lake, Illinois Beach, Lake in the Hills Fen, Lockport Prairie, Parker Fen, Romeoville Prairie, Spring Grove Fen, and Volo Bog). The sites were selected for their varied hydrogeologic settings and available hydrogeologic data. None of the sites had sufficient local groundwater studies available to identify an entire GCA. Regional studies available for six preserves readily could be used to identify a regional GCA. The amount of hydrogeologic data available for any given preserve will vary, but for most Illinois nature preserves groundwater studies are not available to evaluate groundwater flow conditions. Because contribution areas must be determined to address site management issues, this new method accommodates those sites by identifying GCAs using available information. In particular, it uses published hydrologic and geologic data, if available, as well as uncompiled water-level data, and proxy data adjusted by best professional judgment to account for significant features affecting shallow, unconfined groundwater flow. Surface watersheds were delineated and adjusted based on significant hydrologic features (e.g., water elevations in ponds, streams, and wetlands; infrastructure such as ditches, sewers, and roadways) to develop adjusted surface watershed areas (ASWAs) for all 12 sites. These ASWAs and regional GCAs were compared to determine the viability of substituting ASWAs for regional GCAs at preserves lacking groundwater-level data. The ASWAs identified between 7 and 68 percent of the regional GCAs. More importantly, the ASWAs included the most hydrologically significant locations directly upgradient of each preserve. Use of an ASWA to estimate groundwater flow will not be effective in some hydrogeologic settings, including those where confined groundwater sources, karst terrains, and significant groundwater withdrawals may be a factor. Regional GCAs and ASWAs were combined at each site to create final GCAs that attempt to identify all areas that could contribute groundwater to a nature preserve. Final GCA estimates presented in this report will be useful to determine areas where a Class III (also known as Special Resource) groundwater designation could be applied under Title 35 Section 620.230(b) of the Illinois Administrative Code. They also identify areas of important groundwater resources where it may be most effective to focus management or acquisition efforts to ensure preserve integrity. | | | | Date Created: | 1 25 2006 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2005-11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000941 Original UID: 999999994471 FIRST WORD: A | |
| 187: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This Illinois State Water Survey report summarizes a comparison of Year 2000 groundwater withdrawals against estimated aquifer potential yields on a township basis. | | | | Date Created: | 12 24 2003 | | | | Agency ID: | Contract Report 2004-11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000001825 Original UID: 1775 FIRST WORD: An | |
| 188: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1990 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this report, the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) and the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) have responded to the mandate of the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act that the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources (IDENR) evaluate the impact of pesticides upon groundwater. This preliminary evaluation summarizes data on the extent of groundwater contamination by pesticides, identifies agricultural practices that may contribute to groundwater contamination, and presents recommendations to minimize contamination. | | | | Date Created: | 5 20 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | COOP-12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000769 Original UID: 999999993859 FIRST WORD: An | |
| 189: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This web page provides general information on arsenic in Illinois groundwater and links to more specific information. | | | | Date Created: | 05 18 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000002995 Original UID: 2868 FIRST WORD: Arsenic | |
| 190: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2005 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In October 2003, Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) scientists collected water samples from 70 shallow domestic and industrial wells in Kane County for analysis of groundwater quality. The primary objectives were to provide a 'snapshot' of water quality in these shallow aquifers and compare water quality from different parts of Kane County, especially the eastern urban corridor and the western rural region. | | | | Date Created: | 4 29 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | IEM-2005-02 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000951 Original UID: 999999994448 FIRST WORD: Arsenic | |
| 191: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2000 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report describes the status of an initial effort to understand and describe the atmospheric transport of road salt in the form of sodium chloride (NaCl) applied to highways as a deicing material. The study area is a proposed 20.1 kilometer or km (12.5 mile) tollway that is planned to extend Interstate 355 (I-355) located west of Chicago, Illinois, to connect Interstate 55 (I-55) and Interstate 80 (I-80) southwest of Chicago near Lemont, Illinois. Prior to construction, which has not yet begun, the focus of the effort has been to establish background levels of the road salt aerosol, to construct permanent sites along the proposed route corridor from which to better monitor and measure road salt aerosol properties, and to identify important parameters for use in constructing a computer model to describe the salt emission and deposition. The present status of the proposed project is that construction plans have been delayed at least until approval of a supplement to the environmental impact statement. Results from chemical analysis of aerosol and snow samples are reported that show progress toward characterizing the road salt aerosol with respect to its size, mechanisms of emission, range of atmospheric transport, and mechanisms of deposition. Analysis of the preliminary data suggest: 1. A large portion of the salt aerosol that becomes aerosolized is emitted after the road surface has been cleared of snow and ice. 2. Approximately 90 percent of the airborne road salt is contained in aerosol particles of diameter larger than 2.5 micrometers or 10^-4 inches. 3. The salt deposition pattern near a treated roadway as determined by snow samples decreases consistently with distance from the road. Average deposition values for a single snow event are found here to yield an aerial deposition of 0.06 grams per square meter (0.6 pounds per acre) at 500 meters (1,640 feet) from the road. The corresponding value for the total deposition per length of roadway is 85 grams per meter or g/m (300 pounds per mile or lb/mi). Five permanent sampling sites are almost completed and will provide a flexible monitoring capability to better quantify the road salt emission, transport, and deposition. Road salt emissions in aerosol samples collected at the locations of two of the permanent sites are reported here. The sites are located 0.6 km (0.4 mi) and 1.0 km (0.6 mi) southeast of I-55 in the prevailing downwind direction, but could also be affected by salt emission from a secondary road in the vicinity. A comparison of the aerosol measurements at the two sampling sites during periods when salt was applied shows that the site nearer to the sources consistently had higher levels of NaCl. Most of the NaCl was found in particles with diameter larger than 10 micrometers (4x10^-4 inches). | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2000-05 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000804 Original UID: 999999994094 FIRST WORD: Atmospheric | |
| 192: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2000 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report summarizes the research and surveying that were conducted in 1995 to determine the amount and severity of bank erosion that existed on the entire length of the Illinois River. The study reach extended from Grafton, River Mile (RM) 0 to Joliet, RM 286. A multi-disciplinary team of scientists traveled the entire length of the river, mapped bank conditions and erosion sites, and selected 29 reaches for detailed data collection and two sites as observation sites. Bank erosion types were developed by studying and analyzing the erosion features. The team also used fluvial and bank failure processes to guide detailed data collection at the 29 sites. Color-coded bank feature maps were developed for the entire 286 miles of the river. | | | | Date Created: | 8 16 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2000-11v.2 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000832 Original UID: 999999994312 FIRST WORD: Bank | |
| 193: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report is the second of a series of three reports being prepared for the work done on the Kankakee River based on a Conservation 2000 Grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The present report focuses on the bank erosion mapping of the main stem of the Kankakee River from Route 30 Bridge in Indiana to the mouth of the Kankakee River with the Illinois River near Wilmington. A total of 111.8 river miles were mapped during a boat trip November 19-December 1, 1998. The relative magnitude of erosion was based on a visual assessment of the river banks during a boat trip along the main stem of the river. No actual measurements were taken. However, the extent of erosion was noted on 7.5-minute quadrangle maps based on visual observations. A series of 27 maps has been developed in which bank erosion identified on both sides of the river ranged form minor to high erosion. This analysis has shown the 10.4 river bank miles had severe erosion, 39.4 bank miles had moderate erosion, 70.8 bank miles had minor erosion, 46.3 bank miles were stable, 46.7 river bank miles were artificially protected, and data on 10.0 bank miles could not be collected because snags, islands, etc. made the banks inaccessible. This is a first attempt to map existing bank erosion conditions of the main stem of the Kankakee River. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2001-01 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000837 Original UID: 999999994320 FIRST WORD: Bank | |
| 194: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois Streams was initiated by the Illinois State Water Survey in 1981 to generate a long-term database of suspended sediment transport. The program is now part of the Water Survey's Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network, which monitors the climate, soil moisture, surface water, groundwater, and sediment throughout Illinois. This report summarizes the suspended sediment data collected for the program during Water Years 1996 and 1997. All the techniques used in the data collection process and laboratory analyses are based on U.S. Geological Survey procedures and techniques. The report appendices present tables of instantaneous suspended sediment measurements, particle size analysis, sediment transport curves, and plots of instantaneous sediment concentrations for the period of record for the current monitoring stations. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | DCS-2001-02 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000897 Original UID: 999999994326 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| 195: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2002 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois Streams was initiated by the Illinois State Water Survey in 1981 to generate a long-term database of suspended sediment concentrations and instantaneous sediment loads. The program is now part of the Water Survey's Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network, which monitors climate, soil moisture, surface water, groundwater, and sediment throughout Illinois. This report summarizes the suspended sediment data collected for the program during Water Years 1998 and 1999. All the techniques used in the data collection process and laboratory analyses are based on U.S. Geological Survey procedures and techniques. The report appendices present tables of instantaneous suspended sediment measurements, particle size analysis, sediment transport curves, and plots of instantaneous sediment concentrations for the period of record for the current monitoring stations. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | DCS-2002-01 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000900 Original UID: 999999994339 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| 196: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois Streams was initiated by the Illinois State Water Survey in 1981 to generate a long-term database of suspended sediment transport. The program is now part of the Water Survey's Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network, which monitors the climate, soil moisture, surface water, ground water, and sediment throughout Illinois. This report summarizes the suspended sediment data collected for the program during Water Years 1994 and 1995. All the techniques used in the data collection process and laboratory analyses are based on U.S. Geological Survey procedures and techniques. The report appendices present tables of instantaneous suspended sediment measurements, particle size analysis, sediment transport curves, and plots of instantaneous sediment concentrations for the period of record for the current monitoring stations. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | DCS-2001-01 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000896 Original UID: 999999994325 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| 197: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Cache River located in the southernmost part of Illinois flows through an area containing the Cache River Wetlands. These unique and important wetlands were designated as a Ramsar Site in 1996. Drainage activities divided the Cache River in half in the early 1900s, effectively separating the river into the Upper and Lower Cache Rivers. The Lower Cache River contains a remnant of a vast wetland system called the Lower Cache River State Natural Area (LCRSNA), commonly referred to as Buttonland Swamp. Sediment inflow from several tributary streams has an impact on the wetland. Previous research has determined that 217,000 tons of sediment were deposited in Buttonland Swamp between 1986 and 1988. The wetlands of the Lower Cache River have been targeted for preservation and restoration by state, federal, and private environmental organizations. A program to monitor the sediment deposition rate within the wetland area at regular intervals would be useful in evaluating and guiding preservation and restoration efforts. This project established a benchmark measure of the deposition rates and cross-sectional profiles at selected locations in the LCRSNA wetland. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2001-17 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000858 Original UID: 999999994334 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| 198: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1909 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Edmund Janes James, Ph. D., LL. D., President University of Illinois: SIR: Herewith I submit a report of the work of the State Water Survey for the year ending December 31, 1908, and request that it be printed as a bulletin of the University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series No. 7. The report includes a brief description of the work done during the year ending December 31, 1908, with a summary, by years, of analyses made since the foundation of the Survey and a summary; by months, of analyses made during the year. There is also included in the report an article describing the scientific work done at the laboratories of the State Water Survey in the investigation of methods of analysis. A description is given of difficulties experienced with incrustation in the discharge pipe at the filtration plant at Quincy, Illinois. Investigations of farm water supplies in several parts of the State are described. An article entitled 'Hardness of Illinois Municipal Water Supplies' shows the character of the mineral matter contained in the various municipal water supplies. Our latest conclusions concerning the methods of 'Interpretation of Results' are included and there is also a chapter giving data concerning municipal water supplies which has been collected since the publication of Bulletin No. 5. Special thanks are due to the regular laboratory staff for their assistance in this work, to Mr. J. S. Rogers for the article on 'Determination of Nitrates in Drinking Water,' to Dr. A. W. Sellards for the article on 'Current Methods of Sanitary Water Analysis,' to Mr. W. R. Gelston, Superintendent Quincy Water Works, for the description of the methods of removing incrustation from the water main at Quincy, and to Miss Mabel Bush for the compilation of the data concerning municipal water supplies. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BARTOW, Director. | | | | Date Created: | 7 25 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | B-7 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000726 Original UID: 999999992007 FIRST WORD: Chemical | |
| 199: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1912 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | EDMUND JANES JAMES, PH.D., LL.D., President University of Illinois. SIR: Herewith I submit a report of the work of the State Water Survey for two years ending December 31, 1911, and request that it be printed as a bulletin of the University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series No. 9. The report contains a statement concerning the expansion of the Survey during the latter half of the year, made possible by increased appropriations, a summary showing the analytical work done in each year since the foundation of the Survey, and a summary showing the analytical work done in each month during 1911, and a brief review of work being done with reference to the quality of water in the state by other organizations. Abstracts of reports of the engineering division are given. There are several special articles which describe the expermental work and investigations carried on during the year. Thanks are due to the regular laboratory staff for their interest in the work of the Survey and to Prof. A. N. Talbot, Dr. R. H. Jesse, Mr. C. E. Millar, M. S., and Mr. B. H. Harrison, B.S., for assistance rendered in the preparation of special articles, and to Messrs. Alvord and Burdick for permission to publish the report on the pollution of Fox River at Geneva. Credit is given in appropriate places for the part each has taken. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BARTOW, Director. | | | | Date Created: | 7 25 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | B-9 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000727 Original UID: 999999992009 FIRST WORD: Chemical | |
| 200: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1913 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | EDMUND JANES JAMES, PH.D., LL.D., President University of Illinois. SIR: Herewith I submit a report of the work of the State Water Survey for the year ending December 31, 1912, and request that it be printed as a bulletin of the University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series No. 10. The report contains a summary of the work done by the laboratory and engineering divisions in accordance with the laws creating the State Water Survey and imposing upon it new and additional duties. (Laws of Illinois, 40th General Assembly 1897, 12; 47th General Assembly, 1911, 43. Bulletin University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series, 9, 7-8.) The report covers the first full year with the increased appropriation allowed by the 47th General Assembly. The special report by the engineering division shows the additional work accomplished and also confirms our belief that there would be a demand for the services of our engineering division. Several other organizations whose work is related in some way to the work of the State Water Survey is briefly summarized in the report. There are several articles that describe special experimental work and special investigations. Many cities have been visited during the year. The purpose of each visit, the observations made, and the recommendations, if any, are given. Thanks are due to the regular staff for their interest in the work of the Survey and to Dr. L. L. Burgess, Mr. O. Kamm, Mr. H. L. Olin, and Mr. C. H. Spaulding, for assistance rendered in the preparation of special articles. Credit is given in appropriate places for the part each has taken. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BARTOW, Director. | | | | Date Created: | 7 25 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | B-10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000731 Original UID: 999999992010 FIRST WORD: Chemical | |
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