SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY CONSORTIUM

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Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission
Planning reports and research publications
Reports and resources

This page is meant to act as a clearinghouse to gather in one place the reports available from the various organizations in the Wingspread Area whose distribution has been confined mainly to their respective states. The references compiled here are incomplete and evolving. There are bound to be omissions of important publications and web pages. Please email the Consortium with links or reference information for resources we have missed.

Publication titles without hyperlinks are not available on the web, but can for the most part be purchased from the source organization for $10.00 or less. The web pages in the last section are a shortlist of other clearinghouse sites, not an attempted compilation of all the sites relevant to water supply planning in the southern Lake Michigan region.

Scroll down to see what is available.

WISCONSIN 

Title Date Organization

Groundwater Resources of Southeastern Wisconsin (Technical Report No. 37)

1997 Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Regional Water Supply Planning Program Prospectus 2002 Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
A Comprehensive Plan for the Des Plaines River Watershed (Planning Report No. 44) 2003 Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Surface Water Resources of Washington County Wisconsin, Lake and Stream Classification Project: 2000 (Memorandum Report No. 139) 2001 Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
A Land and Water Resource Management Plan for Kenosha County: 2000-2004 (Community Assistance Planning Report No. 255) 2000 Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
A Land and Water Resource Management Plan for Racine County: 2000-2004 (Community Assistance Planning Report No. 259) 2000 Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Wisconsin Water Law: a Guide to Water Rights and Regulations 2001 University of Wisconsin Extension

ILLINOIS

Title Date Organization
Water-level Trends and Pumpage in the Deep Bedrock Aquifers in the Chicago Region, 1991 – 1995 1997 Illinois State Water Survey
Considerations in Water Use Planning for the Fox River 1995 Illinois State Water Survey
A Plan for Scientific Assessment of Water Supplies in Illinois 2001 Illinois State Water Survey
Ground-water Quantity Laws and Management 1991 Illinois State Water Survey
The New Chicago Model: a Reassessment of the Impacts of Lake Michigan Allocations on the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System in Northeastern Illinois 1991 Illinois State Water Survey
State Water Plan Task Force Special Report on Ground-water Supply and Demand in Illinois 1991 Illinois State Water Survey
Water Supply Management Options for Northeastern Illinois 2001 Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Strategic Plan for Water Resource Management 2001 Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Water Resources Investigations for Kane County, Illinois (proposal) 2002 Illinois State Water Survey
City of Chicago Water Agenda 2003 City of Chicago
Groundwater Resources Management Plan (McHenry County, 4 reports) 2004 McHenry County/Baxter-Woodman

INDIANA

Title Date Organization
Water Resource Availability in the Lake Michigan Region, Indiana (executive summary) 1994 Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Water Resource Availability in the Kankakee River Basin, Indiana (executive summary) 1990 Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Trends in Indiana’s Water Use 1986-1996 1998 Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Fact sheets
Title Date Organization
Suffering Waters on the Urban Landscape n.d. Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Watershed Protection Planning n.d. Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Do Deeper Wells Mean Better Water? 1996 University of Wisconsin Extension
Water as a Public Good: Property Rights 1999 University of Wisconsin Extension
Nitrate in Wisconsin Groundwater: Sources and Concerns n.d. University of Wisconsin Extension
Subject Date
Organization
Strategic Plan for Water Resource Management 2003
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Aquifers of Northeastern Illinois 2003
Illinois State Water Survey
Water Supply Planning in Southeastern Wisconsin 2003
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Water Supply Planning in Illinois 2003
Illinois State Water Survey
Water Supply Planning in Kane County, Illinois (very large file) 2003
Kane County, Illinois
Great Lakes Charter Annex (Annex 2001) 2003
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Slideshow presentations
Link Detail
Great Lakes Information Network Information outlet focusing on the Great Lakes, managed by the Great Lakes Commission
Illinois State Water Survey Water supply information and analysis by Illinois' water and atmosphere scientists; also contains links to other regions' water supply planning organizations.
EPA Groundwater & Drinking Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's links to programs, organizations, and data
American Water Works Association Links to organizations, as well as a long list of conservation programs
Clearinghouse links