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Water Quality

Action Plan For The Chicago River: Getting Specific Strategies For A Cleaner, Healthier, More Vibrant Chicago River, Friends of the Chicago River, September 2007  (2.97 MB)

Adequacy and Economics of Water Supply in Northeastern Illinois: Proposed Groundwater and Regional Surface Water Systems

(1985 - 2010), Krishan P. Singh, J. Rodger Adams, Illinois State Water Survey Division, May, 1980  (1.91 MB)

An Assessment of Groundwater Contamination in Illinois, Illinois Water Survey, HWRIC, RR-023 , 1988  (2.22 MB)

An Evaluation of Temporal Changes in Shallow Groundwater Quality
in Northeastern Illinois Using Historical Data, Walton R. Kelly,

Steven D. Wilson, Illinois State Water Survey Center for Groundwater Science, February 2008  (1.63 MB)

An Integrated Framework To Restore Small Urban Watersheds:

Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual No. 1, Tom Schueler, Center For Watershed Protection, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), February 2005  (5.50 MB)

Annotated Bibliography of Urban Wet Weather Flow Literature from 1996 Through 2006, Clark/Pitt/Burian/Field/Fan/Heaney/Wright,

September 2007  (4.47 MB)

Aquatic Nuisance Species Handbook for Government Officials, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, July 1999  (3.83 MB)

Assessment of the Hydrology and Water Quality of Indian Ridge Marsh and the Potential Effects of Wetland Rehabilitation on the Diversity of Wetland Plant Communities, USEPA, 1999  (2.69 MB)

Assessing Opportunities For Municipal Wastewater Reuse In The Metropolitan Chicago Area, Paul R. Anderson, Yi Meng, Illinois

Institute of Technology (IIT), November 2011  (1.25 MB)

Backed Up: Cleaning Up Combined Sewer Systems in the Great Lakes, Environmental Integrity Project, May 2005 (1.23 MB)

Biological Water Quality Within The Calumet Water System During 1988, MWRD, Report Number 99-7, March 1999 (5.48 MB)

Biological Water Quality Within The Calumet Water System During 1989, MWRD, Report Number 99-8, March 1999 (2.37 MB)

Calumet TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report: 2005, MWRD, Report Number 06-42, August 2006 (2.66 MB)

Calumet TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report: 2006,

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), Report Number 07-41, July 2007 (1.01 MB)

Carbon Footprint Of Water, Bevan Griffiths-Sattenspiel, Wendy Wilson,

River Network Report, May 2009  (1.33 MB)

Chemical and Biological Survey of the Waters of Illinois:1915,

Edward Bartow, University of Illinois Urbana, December 1915 (3.74 MB)

Chicago’s Water Agenda: A Guide To Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs), City of Chicago, October 2003 (1.55 MB)

Compendium Of 143 Illinois Lakes:Bathymetry, Physico-Chemical Features, and Habitats: Volume 1- Lakes In Regions 1, 2 and 3: Final Report, F-69-R(4-6), Illinois Natural History Survey, Center For Aquatic Ecology, June 1993 (5.88 MB)

Contaminated Sediments in Ports and Waterways: Cleanup Strategies and Technologies, Committee on Contaminated Marine

Sediments, Marine Board Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council, 1997 (2.38 MB)

Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring In The Deep-Draft Chicago Waterway System During 2007 , MWRD, August 2008  (1.08 MB)

Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring In Chicago Area Wadeable Streams During 2005, MWRD, Report # 06-42, Nov. 2006 (406 KB)

Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring In Chicago Area Wadeable Streams During 2006, MWRD, Report # 07-28, May 2007 (610 KB)

County-Level Forecasts of Water Use In Illinois: 2005-2025, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), Illinois State Water Survey,

January 2005  (8.45 MB)

Decisions At The Water’s Edge: Sustaining Riparian Landscapes In
The Midwest, Lynne M. Westphal & Michael E. Ostry, 2006  (2.41 MB)

Deep River - Turkey Creek Watershed Management Plan, City of

Hobart , Indiana, Steve Hall, Goode & Associates, Inc., Marianne Giolitto, J.F. New & Associates, Inc., June 2002  (5.50 MB)

Developing A Watershed Management Plan For Water Quality: An Introductory Guide, Elaine Brown, Amy Peterson, Ruth Kline-Robach,
Karol Smith, Lois Wolfson, February 2000  (995 KB)

Dishonorable Discharge: Toxic Pollution of Illinois Waters, Environmental Working Group, 1995  (496 KB)

Dunes Creek Watershed Management Plan: Porter County, Indiana,

Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, July 2006  (3.06 MB)

Economics of Water Pollution: A Brief Bibliographical Survey,

Anuradha Kafle, SANDEE No. 9-05, September 2006  (496 KB)

Environmental Setting Of The Upper Illinois River Basin And Implica-tions For Water Quality, USGS, WRI Report 98–4268, 1999   (4.11 MB)

Evaluation of Reaeration Efficiencies of Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Stations, MWRDGC, October 1999  (5.15 MB)

Flood Of September 2008 In Northwestern Indiana, Kathleen K. Fowler, Moon H. Kim, Chad D. Menke, and Donald V. Arvin, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 2010  (5.15 MB)

From Flood Control To Integrated Water Resource Management:

Lessons For The Gulf Coast From Flooding In Other Places In The
Last Sixty Years, James P. Kahan, Mengjie Wu, Sara Hajiamiri, Debra Knopman, RAND Corporation, 2006  (1.49 MB)

Geochemistry of Extremely Alkaline (pH>12) Ground Water in Slag-Fill Aquifers, George S. Roadcap,  Walton R. Kelly, and Craig M. Bethke, GROUND WATER, November/December 2005  (577 KB)

Ground-Water Quality in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, United States Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 95-4244, 1996  (545 KB)

Ground Water Supplies of the Chicago-Joliet-Chicago Heights Area,

Illinois State Water Survey, 1943  (6.50 MB)

Guidance for Developing Watershed Implementation Plans in Illinois,

Illinois EPA, 1998  (556 KB)

Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume I - An Ecosystem-Based Framework for Assessing and Managing Contaminated Sediments, USEPA, EPA-905-B02-001-A, December 2002  (997 KB)

Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume II - Design and Implementation of Sediment Quality Investigations, USEPA,

EPA-905-B02-001-B, December 2002  (1.36 MB)

Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume III - Interpretation of the Results of Sediment Quality Investigationsions, USEPA,

EPA-905-B02-001-C, December 2002   (1.69 MB)

Guide To Flood Protection In Northeastern Illinois, Illinois Association For Floodplain and Stormwater Management, March 2006  (1.06 MB)

Handbook For Developing Watershed Plans To Restore And Protect Our Waters (DRAFT), USEPA, EPA 841-B-05-005, October 2005 (6.7 MB)

Handbook For Developing Watershed Plans To Restore And Protect Our Waters (FINAL), USEPA, EPA 841-B-08-002, March 2008  (13.97 MB)

Healthy Harbors, Restored Rivers: A Community Guide to Cleaning Up Our Waterways, Sierra Club Great Lakes Program, 2001  (3.12 MB)

Hydrologic Evaluation And Stream Restoration Recommendations
For Indian Creek, USDA Forest Service, February 2001  (577 KB)

Hydrology And Geochemistry Of A Slag Affected Acquifer and
Chemical Characteristics of Slag-Affected Ground Water, North-western Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4198, 1998   (1.56 MB)

Hydrometeorology of Heavy Rainstorms in Chicago & Northeastern Illinois: Phase One - Historical Studies, Floyd A. Huff, John L. Vogel, Illinois State Water Survey, Report of Investigation 82, 1976  (1.57 MB)

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination: A Guidance Manual For
Program Development And Technical Assessments, Center For Watershed Protection and Univ. of Alabama, October 2004  (9.92 MB)

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination: Technical Appendices,

October 2004   (2.84 MB)

Illinois Water Quality Report 2002, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, 2002   (8.28 MB)

Illinois Water Quality Report 2004, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, 2004  (13.5 MB)

Indiana Watershed Planning Guide, Indiana Department of Environ-mental Management (IDEM), Office of Water Quality, Watershed Management Section, August 2003  (527 KB)

Indiana Waterway Permits Manual, Indiana Dept. of Transportation
Office of Environmental Services, August 2006  (1.64 MB)

Influence Of Wetlands On Streamflow In Illinois, Misganaw Demissie, Abdul Khan, Office of Sediment and Wetland Studies, Illinois Department of Conservation, October 1993  (1.17 MB)

Integrating Water and Waste Programs To Restore Watersheds:

A Guide For Federal and State Project Managers, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA),  August 2007  (8.37 MB)

Management Of Small Lakes And Ponds In Illinois, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2004  (30.01 MB)

Manual of Urban Rivers Rehabilitation Techniques, Joachim Tourbier, Richard Westmacott, Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), EVK-CT-2002-00082, October 2005  (8.31 MB)

National Conference On Urban Storm Water: Enhancing Programs
At the Local Level - Proceedings, USEPA, February 2003   (22.19 MB)

New Approaches In Decentralized Water Infrastructure, Valerie I. Nelson, Coalition for Alternative Wastewater Treatment, 2008  (341 KB)

New Chicago Model: A Reassessment of the Impacts of Lake Michigan Allocations on the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System

In Northeastern Illinois, Stephen L. Burch, Illinois Water Survey,

1991 (907 KB)

No Adverse Impact: A New Direction In Floodplain Management Policy, Larry Larson, Doug Plasencia, Natural Hazards Review,

June 2001  (230 KB)

Nutrients and Suspended Solids in Surface Waters of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 1978–1997, USGS, WRI Report 99–4275, 2000   (2.59 MB)

Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Water, Office of Research and Development, EPA/625/R-00/008, February 2002  (20.99 MB)

Paving Our Way to Water Shortages: How Sprawl Aggravates Drought, Betsy Otto, Katherine Ransel, & Jason Todd, American Rivers, Deron Lovaas and Hannah Stutzman, Natural Resources Defense Council, John Bailey, Smart Growth America, 2002  (525 KB)

Permitting An End To Pollution: How To Scrutinize And Strengthen Water Pollution Permits In Your State, Prairie Rivers Network, Clean Water Network, River Network, June 2002  (12.76 MB)

Plan For Scientific Assessment Of Water Supplies In Illinois, Illinois State Water Survey, October 2001  (1.21 MB)

Prairie Rivers Toolkit: Tools For Protecting Your River, Prairie Rivers Network, April 2005  (3.78 MB)

Preliminary Analysis OF The Shallow Groundwater System In The Vicinity Of The Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal, Northwestern Indiana, Lee R. Watson, Robert J. Shedlock, Konrad J. Banaszak, Leslie D. Arihood, and Paul K. Doss, USGS, 1989  (10.66 MB)

Preliminary Report On Groundwater Resources In The Chicago Region, State Water Survey, 1959  (2.05 MB)

Rooftops To Rivers: Green Strategies For Controlling Stormwater
And Combined Sewer Overflows, NRDC, 2006  (3.11 MB)

Sewage And Waste Control Ordinance (2005), Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC), 2005  (174 KB)

Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Stations: Effects on In-Stream Dissolved Oxygen, Illinois Department of Natural Recources, Illinois Water Survey, 2000   (2.38 MB)

Simulation Of Urban Runoff And Pollutant Loading From The Greater Lake Calumet Area , Illinois State Water Survey, Office of Spatial Data Analysis and Information, SWS Contract Report 504, 1990  (932 KB)

State Of Lake Michigan In 2000: Prepared For The Lake Michigan Committee, The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, ISSN 1090-1051, March 2005   (1.17 MB)

Step-By-Step Guide To Conducting A Social Profile For Watershed
Planning, University of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Sciences, 2001  (2.12 MB)

Storm Water Management In The City Of Chicago, Suzanne Malec,
City of Chicago Department of Environment (CDOE), 2003  (92 KB)

Study Of The Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community In Selected Chicago Metropolitan Area Waterways During 2003/2004, MWRD,

EA Project 61755.01, June 2006 (10.39 MB)

Swimming In Sewage: The Growing Problem Of Sewage Pollution And How The Bush Administration Is Putting Our Health And

Environment At Risk, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Environmental Integrity Project, February 2004  (768 KB)

Temporal Changes In Shallow Groundwater Quality in Northeastern Illinois, Illinois Water Survey, 2002  (561 KB)

Thorton Reservoir TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report For 2005, MWRD, Report Number 06-43, August 2006 (670 KB)

Thorton Reservoir TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report For 2006, MWRD, Report Number 07-45, July 2007 (630 KB)

Troubled Waters: Meeting Future Water Need In Illinois, Openlands Project, January 2006   (860 KB)

Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) of the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), November 2004   (7.31 MB)

Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Water,

EPA 841-B-97-003, November 1997  (2.33 MB)

Wadeable Streams Assessment: A Collaborative Survey of the Nation’s Streams, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Water, EPA 841-B-06-002, December 2006  (13.75 MB)

Wastewater Planning Handbook: Mapping Onsite Treatment Needs,
Pollution Risks, and Management Options Using GIS, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension, February 2004  (5.99 MB)

Water-Level Trends And Pumpage In The Deep Bedrock Aquifers
In The Chicago Region, 1991-1995, Adrian P. Visocky, Illinois State Water Survey, 1997   (565 KB)

Water Resource Availability In The Lake Michigan Region, Indiana, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 1994  (2.5 MB)

Watershed Management Plan for Lake, Porter, & LaPorte Counties, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, 2005  (2.5 MB)

What's Working On Working Rivers: A Handbook For Improving
Urban Rivers: Examples From Chicago Area Rivers, CHICAGO Rivers Demonstration Project, March 1999  (363 KB)

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