Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water | [X] |
| | 121: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 October | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Countryside Lake Association (CLA) started a Lake Stewardship program in 2001 following the Lake Water Quality Study completed by the Lake County Health Department Lake Management Unit (LCHDLMU) in 2000. The LMU study identified Countryside Lake as hyper-eutrophic citing phosphorous as the limiting nutrient. The CLA stewardship program focused its attention on lake water inlet quality to determine whether any of these stormwater drains represented a significant phosphorous input to the lake. The program began with grab sample collections at the major lake inlets in 2002 and 2003 and progressed to ISCO automatic composite water samplers and ultimately to selected ISCO sequential samplers. The early findings documented the baseline water quality for each inlet. | | | | Date Created: | 11 19 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | Financial Assistance Agreement Number 3190612 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041044 Original UID: 21105 FIRST WORD: Countryside | |
| 122: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The East Branch of the DuPage River (East Branch) is listed as an impaired waterway in the 303(d) list. Dissolved oxygen (DO) is listed as one of the causes of impairment. This study was undertaken to address alternative approaches for improving the DO levels on the East Branch during lower flow periods. | | | | Date Created: | 04 06 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041045 Original UID: 21106 FIRST WORD: Stream | |
| 123: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 September | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In October 2004, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) issued a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Study for Salt Creek. From this study, the Illinois EPA developed TMDL allocations for various pollutants. The report concluded that significant reductions in biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and ammonia would be necessary in order for the Illinois Dissolved Oxygen (DO) standards to be achieved in Salt Creek during low-flow, warm conditions, and that the potential removal of one or more existing dams along lower Salt Creek could offer significant water quality improvements. Since the publication of the TMDL report, affected communities, municipal wastewater treatment plant operators, and interested environmental organizations have joined together to form the DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup (DRSCW). The mission of the DRSCW is to study the East and West Branches DuPage River and Salt Creek watersheds in order to gain a better understanding of environmental impairments that are leading to poor water quality and impacting aquatic life. The initial focus of the DRSCW, for this project, was to develop a computer model that would accurately reflect low-flow, warm stream conditions, particularly DO, along Salt Creek, from which alternatives for improving DO concentrations could be developed. While working on this task it became apparent that better environmental monitoring data were needed. At this point the focus of the Workgroup expanded to include design and implementation of water quality monitoring studies that would generate sound scientific data. | | | | Date Created: | 09 28 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041046 Original UID: 21107 FIRST WORD: Stream | |
| 124: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 August 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This Chloride Usage Education and Reduction Program Study addresses the quantity of chloride applied in the watersheds of Salt Creek and the East and West Branches of DuPage River. These watersheds are located in northeastern Illinois, centered in DuPage County. Portions of the watersheds also extend into Cook, Will and Kane Counties. In response to the TMDLs adopted for their watersheds, a group of communities, environmental organizations, publicly owned treatment works and other concerned parties came together to form the DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup (DRSCW). The DRSCW appointed a Chloride Subcommittee, under whose direction this study was initiated to evaluate current road salting practices and to recommend alternative practices for the reduction of chloride loading to the watersheds, to help comply with the chloride TMDLs. | | | | Date Created: | 08 15 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041047 Original UID: 21108 FIRST WORD: Chloride | |
| 125: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 September | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Hobson Creek Community Council completed the Hobson Creek Corridor Restoration Project, Phase 3 in order to protect against severe streambank erosion, to provide nonpoint source pollution control along Hobson Creek and to improve water quality of the downstream East Branch DuPage River. Installed stream stabilization techniques have provided effective and environmentally sound bank protection and channel stability for the Phase 3 reach. The Hobson Creek Community Council will provide long-term maintenance for the project site. Public involvement to date includes awareness of adjacent homeowners, and numerous trail and parkway visitors near existing signage. | | | | Date Created: | 12 08 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | Illinois EPA FAA #3190511 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041048 Original UID: 21109 FIRST WORD: Hobson | |
| 126: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2004 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Hobson Creek Community Council completed the Hobson Creek Corridor Restoration Project, Phase 1 in order to protect against severe streambank erosion, to provide nonpoint source pollution control along Hobson Creek and to improve water quality of the downstream East Branch DuPage River. Installed stream stabilization techniques have provided effective and environmentally sound bank protection and channel stability for the Phase 1 reach. The Hobson Creek Community Council will provide long-term maintenance for the project site. Public involvement to date includes awareness of adjacent homeowners, numerous trail and parkway visitors near existing signage, and publication of three newspaper articles, one environmental newsletter article, and three professional trade magazine publications. | | | | Date Created: | 04 11 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | Illinois EPA FAA #3190213 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041049 Original UID: 21111 FIRST WORD: Hobson | |
| 127: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2005 November | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Hobson Creek Community Council completed the Hobson Creek Corridor Restoration Project, Phase 2 in order to protect against severe streambank erosion, to provide nonpoint source pollution control along Hobson Creek and to improve water quality of the downstream East Branch DuPage River. Installed stream stabilization techniques have provided effective and environmentally sound bank protection and channel stability for the Phase 2 reach. The Hobson Creek Community Council will provide long-term maintenance for the project site. Public involvement to date includes awareness of adjacent homeowners, numerous trail and parkway visitors near existing signage, a project description and site tour for the River Restoration Principles and Practices Conference sponsored by IL-IN Sea Grant, and publication of three newspaper articles, one environmental newsletter article, and three professional trade magazine publications. | | | | Date Created: | 11 07 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | Illinois EPA FAA #3190325 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041050 Original UID: 21112 FIRST WORD: Hobson | |
| 128: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Downers Grove Park District completed the Lyman Woods Streambank Stabilization Project, Site Area # 2, Phases 1 and 2. This project will protect against severe streambank erosion, provide nonpoint source pollution control along Lyman Woods Headwaters, and improve the water quality of Lacey Creek and the downstream East Branch DuPage River. Installed stream stabilization techniques have provided effective and environmentally sound bank protection. | | | | Date Created: | 02 01 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | Illinois EPA FAA #3190323 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041053 Original UID: 21114 FIRST WORD: Lyman | |
| 129: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In February 2005, the McLean and Woodford County Soil and Water Conservation Districts, the Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts (AISWCD), and the McLean and Woodford County Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) invited landowners, representatives of local governments, local experts, and concerned citizens to meet to address the issue of elevated levels of phosphorus in Evergreen Lake. From that initial group a Planning Committee was formed, which then developed a list of action points that needed to be investigated. | | | | Date Created: | 07 21 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041057 Original UID: 21116 FIRST WORD: Evergreen | |
| 130: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 July | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Over the 89-year history of Lake Hillsboro, approximately 36,500 tons of soil has been eroded from the shoreline areas. These shoreline erosion estimates equate to an average annual loading of approximately 410 tons/year. The total tons of delivered soil were calculated using a dry unit weight of 100 pounds per cubic-ft for undisturbed, native soil densities. The estimated loading to Lake Hillsboro based on the 2007 shoreline survey was estimated by extending the eroded bank into the lake at a projected slope of 3:1 (3 foot horizontal to 1 foot vertical) to form a typical triangular end area. Then, the length of the eroded shoreline in linear feet was multiplied by the projected end area for each degree of classification of erosion. | | | | Date Created: | 07 25 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041059 Original UID: 21118 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 131: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Glenn Shoals has three major water quality factors that present problems for the lake. These factors are: sediment entering the lake, excessive nutrients in the lake, and degraded recreation and esthetic quality caused by suspended solids and algae blooms that result from excess sediments and nutrients entering the lake. These problems occur primarily from non-point source pollution in the watershed. | | | | Date Created: | 11 10 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041064 Original UID: 21120 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 132: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In an effort to develop a comprehensive understanding of water quality issues and to aid in developing scientifically sound restoration measures, the City of Greenville applied for a phase I diagnostic/feasibility study grant from the IEPA. In October of 1988 the city submitted a final grant application to the IEPA to study Governor Bond Lake. The IEPA provided cost sharing for this study through their Clean Lakes Program, funded through the state-sponsored Conservation 2000 (C2K) program in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 02 10 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041066 Original UID: 21122 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 133: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In an effort to develop a comprehensive understanding of water quality issues and to aid in developing scientifically sound restoration measures, the KPD applied for a Phase I Diagnostic / Feasibility Study grant from the IEPA. In December of 2000 the KPD submitted a final grant application to the IEPA to study Patriot's Park Lake. The IEPA provided cost sharing for this study through their Clean Lakes Program, funded by the state-sponsored Conservation 2000 (C2K) program in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 01 11 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041067 Original UID: 21123 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 134: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A Diagnostic Study was undertaken on Highland Silver Lake to identify and quantify existing water quality problems and other factors affecting the reservoirs recreational, aesthetic, and ecological qualities. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) funded 60 percent of the study under the Illinois Clean Lakes Program (ICLP), and the remaining 40 percent was funded by the City of Highland. The Illinois EPA was responsible for grant administration and program management. Heartland Ecosystem Services and HDR | CWI (formerly Cochran and Wilken, Inc.), conducted the research study with assistance from the City of Highland, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IL DNR), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Illinois EPA. | | | | Date Created: | 12 10 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041069 Original UID: 21125 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 135: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 November 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Otter Lake has experienced significant amounts of sediment accumulation and degrading of its shoreline. This situation has contributed to increased levels of phosphorus and manganese. Phosphorus is a nutrient source for algae. Otter Lake has seen high counts of blue green algae in recent years. Further testing for 2 methylisoborneal (MIB) and geosmin were conducted confirming high counts of these taste and odor causing compounds. The presence of these compounds have increased both treatment expense and customer complaints. Reduction of phosphorus from nonpoint source pollution should reduce algae blooms on the lake. This project is one of many efforts being undertaken by the Water Commission to reduce nonpoint source pollution and in turn improve the finished water quality to the towns it serves. | | | | Date Created: | 12 17 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | Financial Assistance Agreement 3190709 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041171 Original UID: 21127 FIRST WORD: Otter | |
| 136: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 July 31 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report brings uptodate the original La Moine River Watershed Plan, 2006, which addressed local stakeholder concerns related to water quality, erosion, wildlife habitat and education. Available and accessible data were analyzed to determine priority subwatersheds based on project goal areas. Subsequently, potential Best Management Practices (BMPs) were identified using aerial photo interpretation, and expected load reductions were calculated. Although information provided in the watershed plan was extensive, data gaps did exist. Missing information included the extent and severity of gully and streambank erosion and the location andimpact of livestoperationsVerification of BMPs outlined the plan was also needed. An IEPA 319 grant was pursued funding was acquired to address these data gaps and conduct sampling in priority subwatersheds. The report outlines methodologies and results from the assessment work. | | | | Date Created: | 09 30 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041173 Original UID: 21128 FIRST WORD: Up | |
| 137: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2004 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The City of Mattoon applied for and received a grant to conduct a diagnostic-feasibility study on Lake Paradise commencing in May 2000. The diagnostic study was designed to characterize existing lake conditions, examine the extent and causes of use impairment, and provide the basis for selection of restoration and management techniques The project was funded (60 percent) by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) through the Illinois Clean Lakes Program under Conservation 2000 with cost sharing by the City of Mattoon. The Illinois EPA was responsible for grant administration and program management. The Diagnostic-Feasibility Study was conducted by Crawford, Murphy and Tilly, Inc. (CMT), the Watershed Science Section of the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS), and Goodpaster and Associates, Inc. (GAI). | | | | Date Created: | 05 21 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041174 Original UID: 21129 FIRST WORD: Phase | |
| 138: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report was the first project in the State of Illinois to combine detailed watershed planning with a Clean Lakes study. Implementing a watershed plan in conjunction with lake restoration activities will greatly enhance the benefits expected from proposed actions by identifying proactive restoration solutions in addition to retroactive restoration solutions. This holistic approach should enhance the outcome of recommendations from this report and help the Lake Carlinville community to understand that watershed management and lake restoration are truly interrelated. | | | | Date Created: | 12 07 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041175 Original UID: 21130 FIRST WORD: Watershed | |
| 139: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report is part 2 of "Watershed Plan and Phase 1 Diagnostic/Feasibility Study of Lake Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois." Pursuant to the information collected and the conclusions derived from the Diagnostic Study (Part 1) of this Report, a Lake and Watershed Management Plan (Part 2) was developed by investigating potential alternatives for restoring the water quality and enhancing the recreational and aesthetic qualities of Lake Carlinville and its watershed. This plan should facilitate future implementation of recommendations and serve as a vehicle for additional funding through the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program or Illinois Clean Lakes Program. | | | | Date Created: | 12 07 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041176 Original UID: 21131 FIRST WORD: Part | |
| 140: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Historic data collected by the IEPA indicated elevated levels of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus compounds). Eutrophication of the reservoir impacts fish and other wildlife, degrades the quality of raw water available to CWS and raises its operating costs. Additionally shoreline erosion and sedimentation decrease the lake volume and further exacerbate the aforementioned problems. Because the reservoir provides public drinking water, significant benefit exists in improving the quality of the water and habitat it provides. | | | | Date Created: | 12 2 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041177 Original UID: 21132 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
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