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

• 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

• An Assessment of Groundwater Contamination in Illinois, Illinois Water Survey, HWRIC, RR-023 , 1988

• 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

• 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

• Annotated Bibliography of Urban Wet Weather Flow Literature from 1996 Through 2006, Clark/Pitt/Burian/Field/Fan/Heaney/Wright, September 2007

• Aquatic Nuisance Species Handbook for Government Officials, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, July 1999

• 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

• Assessing Opportunities For Municipal Wastewater Reuse In The Metropolitan Chicago Area Paul R. Anderson, Yi Meng, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), November 2011

• Backed Up: Cleaning Up Combined Sewer Systems in the Great Lakes, Environmental Integrity Project, May 2005

• Biological Water Quality Within The Calumet Water System During 1988, MWRD, Report Number 99-7, March 1999

• Biological Water Quality Within The Calumet Water System During 1989, MWRD, Report Number 99-8, March 1999

• Calumet TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report: 2005, MWRD, Report Number 06-42, August 2006

• Calumet TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report: 2006, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), Report Number 07-41, July 2007

• Carbon Footprint Of Water, Bevan Griffiths-Sattenspiel, Wendy Wilson, River Network Report, May 2009

• Chemical and Biological Survey of the Waters of Illinois:1915, Edward Bartow, University of Illinois Urbana, December 1915

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

• 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

• 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

• Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring In The Deep-Draft Chicago Waterway System During 2007 , MWRD, August 2008

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

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

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

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

• 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 

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

• Dishonorable Discharge: Toxic Pollution of Illinois Waters, Environmental Working Group, 1995

• Dunes Creek Watershed Management Plan: Porter County, Indiana, Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, July 2006

• Economics of Water Pollution: A Brief Bibliographical Survey, Anuradha Kafle, SANDEE No. 9-05, September 2006

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• Ground Water Supplies of the Chicago-Joliet-Chicago Heights Area, Illinois State Water Survey, 1943

• Guidance for Developing Watershed Implementation Plans in Illinois, Illinois EPA, 1998

• 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

• Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume II - Design and Implementation of Sediment Quality Investigations, USEPA, PA-905-B02-001-B, December 2002

• 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

• Guide To Flood Protection In Northeastern Illinois, Illinois Association For Floodplain and Stormwater Management, March 2006

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

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

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

• Hydrologic Evaluation And Stream Restoration Recommendations For Indian Creek, USDA Forest Service, February 2001

• 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

• 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

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

• Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination: Technical Appendices, October 2004

• Illinois Water Quality Report 2002, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, 2002

• Illinois Water Quality Report 2004, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, 2004

• Indiana Watershed Planning Guide, Indiana Department of Environ-mental Management (IDEM), Office of Water Quality, Watershed Management Section, August 2003  Indiana Waterway Permits Manual, Indiana Dept. of Transportation Office of Environmental Services, August 2006

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

• Integrating Water and Waste Programs To Restore Watersheds: A Guide For Federal and State Project Managers, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA),  August 2007

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

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

• National Conference On Urban Storm Water: Enhancing Programs. At the Local Level - Proceedings, USEPA, February 2003

• New Approaches In Decentralized Water Infrastructure, Valerie I. Nelson, Coalition for Alternative Wastewater Treatment, 2008

• 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,

• No Adverse Impact: A New Direction In Floodplain Management Policy, Larry Larson, Doug Plasencia, Natural Hazards Review, June 2001

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 

• Plan For Scientific Assessment Of Water Supplies In Illinois, Illinois State Water Survey, October 2001

• Prairie Rivers Toolkit: Tools For Protecting Your River,Prairie Rivers Network,April 2005

• 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

• Preliminary Report On Groundwater Resources In The Chicago Region, State Water Survey, 1959

• Rooftops To Rivers: Green Strategies For Controlling Stormwater And Combined Sewer Overflows, NRDC, 2006

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

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

• 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

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

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

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

• Study Of The Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community In Selected Chicago Metropolitan Area Waterways During 2003/2004, MWRD,EA Project 61755.01, June 2006

• 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

• Temporal Changes In Shallow Groundwater Quality in Northeastern Illinois, Illinois Water Survey, 2002

• Thorton Reservoir TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report For 2005, MWRD, Report Number 06-43, August 2006

• Thorton Reservoir TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report For 2006

• Troubled Waters: Meeting Future Water Need In Illinois, Openlands Project, January 2006

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

• Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Water, EPA 841-B-97-003, November 1997

• 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

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

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

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

• Watershed Management Plan for Lake, Porter, & LaPorte Counties, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, 2005

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

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