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Title:  

Evaluation of the potential for photovoltaic power generation in Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:  2006  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Solar power production was estimated from hourly solar insolation data collected at 19 sites across Illinois from 1991-2004 by the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS). Values were compared with more limited, experimental data and a solar radiation model reported in the literature. All prior data sources are in good agreement with the ISWS values with discrepancies noted. Based on analyses of the current Illinois data, an estimate was made of potential power production from small to medium-sized photovoltaic modules and systems in Illinois. ISWS insolation data were converted from observed values using flat-plate pyramometers oriented horizontally, to expected values from south-facing sensors tilted from horizontal by the latitude of each station, a typical orientation of photovoltaic systems. Champaign, Illinois, centrally located in the state, was chosen as a hypothetical solar power array site. A large operational array in Arizona was used as a model of photovoltaic system performance. Expected differences in power production due to technologies chosen for the hypothetical array and climatological conditions in Illinois as compared to the model array were considered. The use of concentrated solar collectors was not explored. The expected power output based on two array designs was calculated to be 134-180 kilowatt hours per square meter of array per year. Considering the unsubsidized cost of a photovoltaic array necessary to provide power for an individual dwelling, the system cannot expect to match grid power on a cost basis at this time. However, the comparison becomes more favorable in relatively remote locations where transmission lines for grid connection must be established. That is, photovoltaics may be cost effective for small remote applications such as powering billboards, but generally not for homes or businesses. Cost effectiveness of photovoltaics increases significantly when major subsidies and economy-of-scale discounts in both module and balance-of-system costs are available to reduce the initial system price and with designs of large-scale array systems. Photovoltaics also may be worth considering to offset the most expensive power produced by utilities, peak power, and for distributed power generation providing grid support. 
 Date Created:  8 17 2006 
 Agency ID:  IEM-2006-05 
 ISL ID:  000000000946   Original UID: 999999994488 FIRST WORD: Evaluation 
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Title:  

Impact of irrigation on the dynamics of nitrate movement in a shallow sand aquifer.

 
 Volume/Number:  1999  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  A field-scale project in Mason County, Illinois, was performed to monitor the movement of nitrate in ground water beneath an irrigated field. Chemical tracers were used to assess the migration of solutes both laterally and vertically under the influence of an irrigation well and to determine the amount of recycling at a site due to irrigation pumpage and the amount of off-site transport of nitrate due to regional ground-water flow. Water samples from the sand aquifer at the site reveal considerable spatial and temporal heterogeneity in aqueous chemistry. Recharge is rapid in this system, and it is probable that the water chemistry of the recharge water also is variable spatially and temporally; it is especially influenced by agricultural practices. Nitrate (NO3-) concentrations are elevated in a zone between approximately 15 and 30 feet (ft) beneath the surface, although this zone was not persistent laterally or with time. The maximum nitrate concentrations in this zone were slightly greater than 20 milligrams per liter (mg/L) as nitrogen, well above the drinking water standard of 10 mg/L. Nitrate was generally absent below 30 ft in the aquifer, probably due to denitrification reactions. The tritium data suggest that vertical movement of solutes in the aquifer is rapid, and that there has been enough time to transport solutes from the surface or soil zone to depths in excess of 100 ft. Because drinking-water wells generally are screened well below the zone of elevated nitrate concentrations in this area, it appears that fertilizer applications do not have a negative effect on drinking-water quality for most homeowners. From the results of tracer tests, the effects of irrigation pumping on solute transport are measurable but not substantial. Tracer movement both horizontally and vertically was slight under pumping conditions, less than 10 ft horizontally and between 1 and 2 ft vertically about 100 ft from the irrigation well after three days of pumping. The vast majority of nitrate applied in this area is not being recycled through the irrigation wells. 
 Date Created:  9 24 2004 
 Agency ID:  RR-128 
 ISL ID:  000000000947   Original UID: 999999994252 FIRST WORD: Impact 
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Title:  

Long-term variations in seasonal weather conditions and their impacts on crop production and water resources in Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:  1999  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  An analysis of long-term records of corn yields, water resource conditions, and seasonal weather conditions in Illinois found major temporal shifts and important spatial variations in the types of seasonal weather conditions that have positive and negative impacts on yields and water conditions. Nineteen different types of corn-weather seasons (May-August) occurred during 1901-1997, of which nine types accounted for most of the high corn yields (highest 20 of the 97 values) and eight types produced most low yields (lowest 20 values). An assessment of the years with either high or low yields revealed three findings about the distributions of the corn-weather seasons creating these extremes: 1) some types were uniformly distributed throughout the century; 2) others were unevenly distributed over time, some occurring only in the century's early decades and others only in the last few decades; and 3) certain types varied greatly regionally. Yield responses to certain seasonal types varied over time. The findings helped establish that changes in farming practices, corn varieties, and agricultural technology all affect how a given type of growing season affects corn yields. Sizable regional differences in yield outcomes from a given set of weather conditions, a result of varying soil and climate differences across Illinois, further revealed how impacts of similar seasonal weather conditions can vary spatially. These two conclusions revealed the importance of using weather effects in defining seasonal extremes. In general, the statewide results showed that the types of seasons creating high yields predominated during 1901-1910 and 1961-1997, and most seasons creating low yields were concentrated in 1911-1920, 1931-1940, and 1951-1960. Major seasonal weather effects on Illinois' water resources (surface water supplies, ground-water supplies, and water quality) were found to occur in the spring and summer seasons. Two conditions caused these effects in each season: either above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, or above normal temperatures and precipitation. Spring impacts on water resources were typically mixed, some negative and some positive, whereas impacts from summer season extremes had largely negative impacts on water supplies and water quality. More impacts, positive and negative, occurred in southern Illinois than elsewhere, and most of the seasons having negative impacts on water resources occurred in Illinois during 1911-1960. Comparison of the 1901-1997 temporal distributions of yield extremes (high and low) and the negative summer water resource impacts with the temporal distributions of cyclone passages and the incidence of El Nio Southern Oscillation conditions that affect spring and summer weather conditions revealed a generally good relationship. Periods with many seasons creating numerous negative impacts on corn yields and water resources occurred in several decades (1911-1920, 1931-1940, and 1951-1960) when the number of cyclones was low and most incidences of La Nia conditions that create warm temperatures and negative impacts prevailed. Conversely, when seasonal weather conditions were generally beneficial (1901-1910, 1961-1970, and 1981-1997), Illinois had relatively large numbers of cyclone passages and most El Nio-related cool and wet summers occurred. Consideration needs to be given to the shifting temporal responses to various kinds of seasonal weather conditions during the 20th century to determine how future climatic conditions may affect Illinois' agriculture and water resources. Furthermore, some influential seasonal weather types appeared sporadically, some only during the early decades of the century and others only in the latter decades. Thus, data from the past 97 years reveal that efforts to project impacts of future climate conditions on agriculture and water resources may be difficult and subject to considerable error. 
 Date Created:  9 24 2004 
 Agency ID:  RR-127 
 ISL ID:  000000000948   Original UID: 999999994058 FIRST WORD: Long 
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Title:  

Insights to key questions about climate change

 
 Volume/Number:  2004  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This report presents extensive information from recently published findings related to the following two critical questions about climate change: andlt;ULandgt; andlt;LIandgt;What will the future climate be like? andlt;LIandgt;What will the effects be, both good and bad? andlt;/LIandgt;andlt;/ULandgt;Chapter 1 introduces the two main chapters of the report that provide insights to the above two critical questions about climate change. Chapter 2 provides examples from a wide spectrum of scientists, scientific organizations, and the media of contradictions and confusion about whether human-induced climate change is predictable over the time scale of a century. It then explains why such climate change is unpredictable in the traditional deterministic sense. It describes the climate system and documents improvements and remaining uncertainties of global climate models relevant to evaluating human-induced climate change on the century time scale. Climate measurements in Illinois since the mid-19th century document major climate swings not evident in a 50- to 100-year record. Illinois is no warmer or wetter today than it has been over the last 150 years, and extreme precipitation events across the country are reported to be no more frequent than they were a century ago. Important conclusions from these data are that i) regional climate trends over the past 50-100 years that are consistent with theoretical expectations of an enhanced greenhouse effect (for example, higher precipitation and more heavy rainfall events in northern mid-latitudes) do not necessarily establish causality; and ii) global warming has not resulted in warming in all parts of the globe. Chapter 3 focuses on the issue of economic impacts of weather and climate in the United States (US). The first section addresses known financial impacts of recent (1950-2000) weather and climate conditions. Descriptions follow of temporal trends of weather and climate extremes and their impacts, causes for on-going increases in economic impacts, and estimates of future financial impacts under a changed climate. The frequency of most types of storms and droughts either has not changed or has decreased during 1940-2000. Yet, losses (1997 dollars) for most storm types have increased over time. Possible causes for increased losses include a shift in climate related to global warming, questionable insurance practices, and aging infrastructure. Study also shows increasing losses due to societal factors, including population growth, more people residing in more weather vulnerable areas, shifts in business-product development that are weather sensitive, and growing wealth. Various studies of weather- and climate-induced economic impacts were used to develop national loss and gain estimates. Projections for the US, depending upon varying assumptions about the future climate (combinations of warmer, wetter, drier, or more storms), show annual climate-related losses ranging from $2 billion to $69 billion, and others estimate annual gains of $30 billion to $40 billion. In all cases, the projected outcomes are small in relation to the expected Gross Domestic Product. 
 Date Created:  9 24 2004 
 Agency ID:  IEM-2004-01 
 ISL ID:  000000000949   Original UID: 999999994422 FIRST WORD: Insights 
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Title:  

Development of the Regional Climate-Weather Research and Forecasting (CWRF) model: surface boundary conditions.

 
 Volume/Number:  2005  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Climate-Weather Research and Forecasting (CWRF) is the climate extension of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, incorporating all WRF functionalities for numerical weather predictions while enhancing the capability for climate applications. This report focuses on the construction and implementation of surface boundary conditions (SBCs) specifically designed for CWRF mesoscale modeling applications. The primary SBCs include surface topography (mean elevation, slope, curvature, and their standard deviations); bedrock, lakebed, or seafloor depth; soil sand, and clay fraction profiles; surface albedo localization factor; bottom soil temperature; surface characteristic identification; land cover category; fractional vegetation cover; leaf and stem area index; sea surface temperature, salinity, and current; and sea temperature and salinity profiles. They are currently presented in a CWRF domain suitable for the U.S applications at 30-kilometer spacing. The raw data sources and processing procedures, however, are elaborated in detail, by which the SBCs can be readily constructed for any specific CWRF domain anywhere in the world. For a specific field, alternative data sources, if available, were compared to quantify uncertainties and suggest the choice or improvement. 
 Date Created:  2 8 2005 
 Agency ID:  SR-2005-01 
 ISL ID:  000000000950   Original UID: 999999994441 FIRST WORD: Development 
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Title:  

Arsenic in groundwater in central Illinois.

 
 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 
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Title:  

Shallow groundwater quality sampling in Kane County, October 2003.

 
 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-2005-01 
 ISL ID:  000000000952   Original UID: 999999994450 FIRST WORD: Shallow 
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Title:  

Phase I: Diagnostic study of Lake Vermilion, Vermilion County, Illinois.

 
 Volume/Number:  2005  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Consumers Illinois Water Company applied for and received a grant to conduct a diagnostic-feasibility study on Lake Vermilion commencing in May 2000. Lake Vermilion is a 878-acre public lake that serves as the public water-supply source for the City of Danville and surrounding communities in Vermilion County, Illinois. The lake is located in the Second Principle Meridian, Township 20N, Range 11W, Section 31 one mile northwest of the City of Danville. Lake Vermilion has a maximum depth of 21.8 feet, a mean depth of 9.1 feet, a shoreline length of 14.3 miles, and an average retention time of 0.042 years. The Lake Vermilion watershed, including the lake surface area, is 190,720 acres or 298 square miles. The main inflow tributarary is the North Fork of the Vermilion River. The diagnostic study was designed to delineate the existing lake conditions, to examine the causes of degradation, if any, and to identify and quantity the sources of plant nutrients and any other pollutants flowing into the lake. On the basis of the findings of the diagnostic study, water quality goals will be established for the lake and a restoration feasibility study will be conducted by Cochran and Wilken, Inc. of Springfield. Under the feasibility study, alternative management techniques will be evaluated in relation to the established management goals. 
 Date Created:  4 19 2006 
 Agency ID:  CR-2005-10 
 ISL ID:  000000000953   Original UID: 999999994458 FIRST WORD: Phase 
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Title:  

Monitoring mercury deposition: a key to understanding the link between emissions and effects

 
 Volume/Number:  2005  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This publication provides an Introduction to the Mercury Deposition Network (MDN), which is the mercury wet-deposition monitoring arm of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP). The NADP is a cooperative monitoring program comprised of federal and state agencies, academic institutions, Native American tribal governments, and private organizations. The work of MDN is descibed, as is the danger of mercury to humans. Readers are encouraged to join MDN. 
 Date Created:  12 22 2005 
 Agency ID:  IEM-2005-03 
 ISL ID:  000000000954   Original UID: 999999994475 FIRST WORD: Monitoring 
1270:

Title:  

Drought planning for small community water systems.

 
 Volume/Number:  2006  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The provision of adequate and secure supplies of clean water at reasonable cost is a cornerstone of social and economic development and national security. Major droughts have occurred in the past and will occur again in the future. Such droughts have two major impacts on small community water systems: water supply is reduced (surface waters and shallow groundwater) and water demand increases. The combination of these impacts can result in major stresses on the ability of water systems to meet demand. Many Western states have experienced widespread and severe economic and environmental impacts of 'worst-case' droughts in recent years, and have recognized from these experiences the importance of improved water-supply planning and management, including drought preparedness. However, it is probable that many system managers in the Midwest Technology Assistance Center (MTAC) region have not evaluated their capability to meet water demand during major droughts, nor have in place adequate plans to deal with such emergencies. The MTAC region incorporates the 10 states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. 
 Date Created:  2 21 2006 
 Agency ID:  CR-2006-01 
 ISL ID:  000000000955   Original UID: 999999994476 FIRST WORD: Drought 
1271:

Title:  

Continued operation of a 25-raingage network for collection, reduction, and analysis of precipitation data for Lake Michigan diversion accounting: water year 2005.

 
 Volume/Number:  2006  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  A dense raingage network has operated in Cook County since the fall of 1989, to provide accurate precipitation measurements for use in simulating runoff for Lake Michigan diversion accounting. This report describes the network design, the operations and maintenance procedures, the data reduction and quality control methodology, a comparison of rainfall amounts obtained via analog chart and data logger, and an analysis of precipitation for Water Year 2005 (October 2004 - September 2005). The data analyses include 1) monthly and Water Year 2005 amounts at all sites, 2) Water Year 2005 amounts in comparison to patterns from network Water Years 1990-2004, and 3) the 16-year network precipitation average for Water Years 1990-2005. Also included are raingage site descriptions, instructions for raingage technicians, documentation of raingage maintenance, and documentation of high storm totals. 
 Date Created:  3 10 2006 
 Agency ID:  CR-2006-02 
 ISL ID:  000000000956   Original UID: 999999994477 FIRST WORD: Continued 
1272:

Title:  

Hydrology, nutrient, and sediment monitoring for Hurricane and Kickapoo Creek watersheds: Water Year 2000-2002: Pilot watershed program.

 
 Volume/Number:  2006  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Hurricane and Kickapoo Creek watersheds lie in three counties in southeastern Illinois. The drainage areas of Hurricane Creek and Kickapoo Creek at their confluences with the Embarras River are 56 and 101 square miles, respectively. Hurricane Creek joins the Embarras River at river mile 94.2 and has two tributaries: East and West Branch Hurricane Creek. The Kickapoo Creek is also a tributary of the Embarras River at river mile 115.5. The Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) conducted a 2.5-year watershed monitoring study of the Hurricane and Kickapoo Creek watersheds for the Embarras River Ecosystem Partnership-Conservation 2000 Ecosystem Program and Illinois Department of Natural Resources Pilot Watershed Program. The purpose was to collect hydrologic and water quality data to provide a better understanding of the cumulative impacts of future best management practices (BMPs) implemented in the watersheds. However, the BMP implementation programs never occurred. The ISWS established two streamgaging stations on Hurricane Creek and one on Kickapoo Creek. Streamflow, sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus were monitored for the entire study period (April 2000-September 2002). The Mattoon wastewater treatment plant contributes approximately 27 percent of the annual discharge at the Kickapoo Creek station. Annual runoff was much higher at all stations in Water Year 2002 (WY02) than in the preceding 1.5 years. Annual sediment loads in WY02 were twice the loads in WY00 and WY01. The Kickapoo station had higher mean annual nitrate concentrations and load per unit area than the two Hurricane stations. 
 Date Created:  8 30 2006 
 Agency ID:  CR-2006-03 
 ISL ID:  000000000957   Original UID: 999999994478 FIRST WORD: Hydrology, 
1273:

Title:  

High-throughput computing for the analysis of tracer tests in fractured aquifers.

 
 Volume/Number:  2006  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Traditional approaches to characterization and modeling of fractured dolomite aquifers face many conceptual and technical challenges. One alternative strategy begins with the Generalized Radial Flow interpretation of hydraulic tests, which infers an additional parameter, the flow dimension, to describe the geometry of groundwater flow. This study examines the behavior and variability of the apparent flow dimension, n*, and advective transport for four stochastic models of heterogeneous transmissivity, T(x). This is accomplished through Monte Carlo analysis of numerical models simulating aquifer tests and converging flow tracer tests (CFTTs) in two-dimensional systems. For ln T(x) distributed as a multivariate Gaussian (mvG) variable of variance less than one, the apparent flow dimension of an aquifer test converges to n* = 2 if the scale of the test is large relative to the scale of correlation. The variability of the apparent flow dimension depends on the variance and integral scale of the transmissivity, suggesting that it may be possible to identify the variance and integral scale from a set of aquifer tests. For variances greater than one, the results suggest that the average of the apparent flow dimension is less than two initially, then converges to n* = 2, similar in some respects to a percolation network. The simulation of an uncorrelated log-Gaussian model suggests that the flow dimension of an aquifer test converges to n* = 2 even for large variances. For ln T(x) distributed as fractional Brownian motion (fBm), the apparent flow dimension averages to n* = 2 and its variability increases with time. An approximation of a percolation network model showed an average apparent flow dimension stabilizing between n* = 1.4 to 1.6, followed by an increasing trend. These characteristics apparently are functions of the transmissivity contrast between the percolating and nonpercolating fractions. In the low-variance mvG, uncorrelated log-Gaussian, and fBm models, CFTTs influenced by matrix diffusion showed late-time breakthrough curves (BTCs) with log-log slopes of -3/2, the characteristic behavior of matrix diffusion. In the percolation network model, a simulated CFTT influenced by matrix diffusion had late-time BTC with log-log slopes of -5/4, attributed to slow advection through low transmissivity regions. This indicates that some heterogeneity models can systematically affect the late-time behavior of a BTC for a CFTT. These results suggest that the flow dimension may be a useful diagnostic for selecting models of heterogeneity, and that flow dimensions n ? 2 may be associated with unique tracer behavior. Additional research is advocated to infer the general behavior of the flow dimension at various field sites, to assess a broader range of parameters, to examine other stochastic models, and to conduct a more detailed examination of transport behavior versus the flow dimension. 
 Date Created:  4 13 2006 
 Agency ID:  CR-2006-04 
 ISL ID:  000000000958   Original UID: 999999994479 FIRST WORD: High 
1274:

Title:  

Illinois' statewide monitoring well network for pesticides in shallow groundwater: network development and initial sampling results

 
 Volume/Number:  2005  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  A key element of the Illinois Generic Management Plan for Pesticides in Groundwater was the use of a statewide map of aquifer sensitivity to contamination by pesticide leaching. This map included soil properties (hydraulic conductivity, the amount of organic matter within individual soil layers, and drainage class) from a digital soil association map and hydrogeologic properties to a depth of 50 feet. The map displayed six mapped units or levels of aquifer sensitivity, and each map unit was subdivided into two map subunits. Each subunit had a distinct combination of soil and hydrogeologic properties. Prior to the implementation of the Generic Plan, the statewide map was tested by sampling shallow groundwater for pesticides from a dedicated monitoring well network. To test this mapping strategy efficiently, a stratified random sampling plan was adopted that focused on the three most sensitive map units. Project goals were to provide data to test the utility of the aquifer sensitivity map to predict pesticide occurrence and to understand pesticide occurrence in shallow groundwater. All monitoring wells were located near agricultural production fields (most within 10 feet of corn and soybean fields) where the only known source of pesticides were those pesticides used in normal agricultural production. Most studies of pesticide contamination covering a broad geographic area sample water-supply wells, and this study using monitoring wells was designed to generate data that might provide a unique perspective on the occurrence of pesticides in shallow groundwater. Prior to the completion of the entire monitoring network, a one-time sampling program of monitoring wells was conducted to assess the distribution of pesticide occurrence across the various units of aquifer sensitivity, and a time-series sampling program was conducted to assess the temporal variability of pesticides in shallow groundwater. For the one-time sampling program, 159 samples were collected from 159 wells from September 1998 through February 2001. For the time-series sampling program, 215 samples were collected from 21 wells from October 1997 through July 2000. These groundwater samples were analyzed for 14 pesticides but no pesticide degradates. In addition, groundwater samples were collected to characterize cations and anions, including nitrate-nitrogen. Data from these initial sampling programs showed that pesticides were detected in 16 to 18% of the samples. Atrazine was the most commonly detected pesticide, followed by metolachlor, butylate, and bromacil. Only one sample had a concentration of a pesticide (atrazine) that exceeded a federal drinking water standard. Most detections were at concentrations less than 1 g/L. Pesticide occurrence was generally dependent on sampling time. The strongest temporal relationship was between post-application (June through October) versus other time frames (November through May). Pesticide occurrence during post-application months was three times higher than during other months. Pesticide occurrence was three times more common in samples when the depth to aquifer material was mapped as less than 20 feet than when the depth to aquifer material was mapped as 20 to 50 feet. Thus, pesticide occurrence was found to be dependent on depth to uppermost aquifer material or the hydrogeologic factor of the tested map. Pesticide occurrence was not dependent on the combined soil and hydrogeologic factors of the tested map. Thus, the new map was not a useful predictor of pesticide occurrence. The median and range of anion and cation concentrations for both sampling programs were similar, except for nitrate-nitrogen concentrations. The median nitrate-nitrogen concentrations for both programs differed slightly, but were less than 3.0 mg/L, which is well below the 10 mg/L maximum contaminant level for nitrate-nitrogen. The nitrate and sulfate concentrations were not uniform across the six subunits. Based on the neural network analysis of the one-time sampling data, the time of sample collection and well depth appeared to be the best parameters for predicting pesticide concentration. Depth to uppermost aquifer material and depth to water also were significant. Aquifer sensitivity to contamination and pesticide leaching class values were not able to predict contamination potential independently; however, their presence with other input parameters improved the prediction of contamination by the neural network analysis. 
 Date Created:  1 24 2006 
 Agency ID:  COOP-20 
 ISL ID:  000000000959   Original UID: 999999994473 FIRST WORD: Illinois' 
1275:

Title:  

Notice of Commission Action

 
 Volume/Number:    
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Citation for Failure to maintain corporate status. 
 Date Created:  09 27 2006 
 Agency ID:  06-0483 
 ISL ID:  000000000960   Original UID: 814 FIRST WORD: Notice 
1276:

Title:  

Montgomery County 2005 Taxing Districts

 
 Volume/Number:    
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Taxing District Map for Tax Year 2005. Geospatial data representing taxing district boundary information collected from Illinois county clerks. Map identifies the boundaries of property tax districts to be used for general illustration and research. 
 Date Created:  01 31 2006 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000000961   Original UID: 879 FIRST WORD: Montgomery 
1277:

Title:  

Morgan County 2005 Taxing Districts

 
 Volume/Number:    
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Taxing District Map for Tax Year 2005. Geospatial data representing taxing district boundary information collected from Illinois county clerks. Map identifies the boundaries of property tax districts to be used for general illustration and research. 
 Date Created:  01 31 2006 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000000962   Original UID: 880 FIRST WORD: Morgan 
1278:

Title:  

Moultrie County 2005 Taxing Districts

 
 Volume/Number:    
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Taxing District Map for Tax Year 2005. Geospatial data representing taxing district boundary information collected from Illinois county clerks. Map identifies the boundaries of property tax districts to be used for general illustration and research. 
 Date Created:  01 31 2006 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000000963   Original UID: 881 FIRST WORD: Moultrie 
1279:

Title:  

Annual Report on Telecommunications

 
 Volume/Number:  2002  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This report presents summary statistics on competition in basic local telephone services and the deployment of broadband and mobile wireless services in Illinois. 
 Date Created:  05 28 2003 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000000964   Original UID: 882 FIRST WORD: Annual 
1280:

Title:  

Annual Report on Telecommunications

 
 Volume/Number:  2005  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This report presents summary statistics on competition in basic local telephone services and the deployment of broadband and mobile wireless services in Illinois. 
 Date Created:  09 26 2006 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000000965   Original UID: 883 FIRST WORD: Annual 
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