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| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1993 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This document provides pertinent information on the spatial distribution characteristics of extremely heavy rainstorm events in Illinois and the Midwest. Relations were developed for those storms in which maximum rainfall at the center equaled or exceeded the point maximum experienced on the average of once in 100 years or longer. The study was limited to this group of storms because of existing needs for information on these extreme storm events in the design and operation of water control structures in small basins. It is recommended for use in conjunction with Illinois State Water Survey Bulletin 70, Bulletin 71 (Midwestern Climate Center Research Report 92-03), and Water Survey Circular 173 for runoff computations related to the design and operation of runoff control structures in small basins subject to extreme rainfall events. Area-depth relations were derived from information obtained through operation of several dense raingage networks, detailed field surveys and analyses of severe rainstorms in Illinois, analyses of heavy rainstorms in a six-basin hydroclimatic study, and exceptional storms recorded by the climate network of the National Weather Service in Illinois. Using data and information from these sources, curves defining spatial distributions for storms of various areal extent were derived. Results are presented in a form readily adaptable for use by hydrologists or other interested users. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | C-176 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000764 Original UID: 999999993836 FIRST WORD: 100 | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1982 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report addresses the 1980-1981 drought in Illinois. This 15-month drought, which began in February 1980 and was centered in the southern portions of the state, was not one of the extreme droughts of record. However, its importance derives from the fact that it is the most severe drought since those of the early 1950s. As such, the 1980-1981 drought potentially reflects a new set (or new types) of impacts on the states water resources due to many technological, hydrological, and institutional changes since the 1950s.As noted above, droughts are a basic and important feature of the climate and water resources of Illinois. The interesting near absence of droughts in the state between 1955 and 1976 makes the drought of 1980-1981 of great interest, although it was not extremely severe. | | | | Date Created: | 9 25 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | RI-102 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000934 Original UID: 999999993965 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1992 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The 1988-1989 drought was one of the most disastrous droughts in the history of the state. Hydrologic, meteorological, and climatological aspects of the 1988-1989 drought in Illinois are addressed. The drought is evaluated in terms of recipitation, streamflow, lakes and reservoirs, and ground-water resources of the state. The meteorological conditions that produced the drought also are addressed. Impacts and problems resulting from the drought are discussed along with various actions taken to ameliorate the problems. Although the primary goal of the study was to quantify the drought, primarily in a physical sense, an important secondary goal was to assess the impacts and the actions employed in order to derive information needed in future planning and handling of Illinois droughts. The report thus ends with a set of recommendations for coping with future droughts. | | | | Date Created: | 9 28 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | RR-121 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000939 Original UID: 999999993984 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1994 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report on the 1993 flood on the Mississippi River in Illinois and on the lower reaches of the Illinois River was prepared by the Illinois State Water Survey with assistance from the Illinois Department of Transportation/Division of Water Resources and the Illinois Natural History Survey. The report begins with a brief description of the physical setting of the Upper Mississippi River System, including historical facts on climate, precipitation, hydrology, and floods. The 1993 flood is discussed with regard to precipitation, soil moisture, stages, flows, levee breaches, and discharge through levee breaches. Also discussed are impacts of the flood on social, economic, hydraulic and hydrologic, and environmental aspects of the river and its residents. Impacts on water quality, the environment, and public water supplies, including the beneficial and detrimental aspects of the flood, also are included. The lessons learned from this flood focus on the performance of the levees, governmental responses, the effects of flood fighting, change in stages due to levee breaches, flood modeling, and the lack of information dissemination to the public on the technical aspects of the flood. These lessons point out information gaps and the need for research in the areas of hydraulics and hydrology, meteorology, sediment transport and sedimentation, surface and groundwater interactions, water quality, and levees. The report presents a comprehensive summary of the 1993 flood as far as climate, hydrology, and hydraulics are concerned. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | MP-151 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000919 Original UID: 999999994109 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Dry conditions in 2005 reached a historic level of severity in some parts of Illinois and ranked as one of the three most severe droughts in Illinois in 112 years of record. The timing of the dryness during the spring and summer, when water demand and use are high, ensured substantial impacts on agriculture and other sectors. The drought also had several unusual characteristics. The drought area was long and narrow, extending from south Texas to the Great Lakes, but within the Midwest, the drought had relatively minor impacts on states other than Illinois. A record number of remnants of hurricanes and tropical storms passed through Illinois during July, August, and September, substantially ameliorating drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois. Crop yields were surprisingly high in parts of the state, perhaps providing evidence of increased drought resistance in modern varieties and the benefits of timely rains. | | | | Date Created: | 8 8 2006 | | | | Agency ID: | IEM-2006-03 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000945 Original UID: 999999994487 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This Illinois State Water Survey report summarizes a comparison of Year 2000 groundwater withdrawals against estimated aquifer potential yields on a township basis. | | | | Date Created: | 12 24 2003 | | | | Agency ID: | Contract Report 2004-11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000001825 Original UID: 1775 FIRST WORD: An | |
| | | Title: | | | | | 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 | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This web page provides general information on arsenic in Illinois groundwater and links to more specific information. | | | | Date Created: | 05 18 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000002995 Original UID: 2868 FIRST WORD: Arsenic | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2000 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report describes the status of an initial effort to understand and describe the atmospheric transport of road salt in the form of sodium chloride (NaCl) applied to highways as a deicing material. The study area is a proposed 20.1 kilometer or km (12.5 mile) tollway that is planned to extend Interstate 355 (I-355) located west of Chicago, Illinois, to connect Interstate 55 (I-55) and Interstate 80 (I-80) southwest of Chicago near Lemont, Illinois. Prior to construction, which has not yet begun, the focus of the effort has been to establish background levels of the road salt aerosol, to construct permanent sites along the proposed route corridor from which to better monitor and measure road salt aerosol properties, and to identify important parameters for use in constructing a computer model to describe the salt emission and deposition. The present status of the proposed project is that construction plans have been delayed at least until approval of a supplement to the environmental impact statement. Results from chemical analysis of aerosol and snow samples are reported that show progress toward characterizing the road salt aerosol with respect to its size, mechanisms of emission, range of atmospheric transport, and mechanisms of deposition. Analysis of the preliminary data suggest: 1. A large portion of the salt aerosol that becomes aerosolized is emitted after the road surface has been cleared of snow and ice. 2. Approximately 90 percent of the airborne road salt is contained in aerosol particles of diameter larger than 2.5 micrometers or 10^-4 inches. 3. The salt deposition pattern near a treated roadway as determined by snow samples decreases consistently with distance from the road. Average deposition values for a single snow event are found here to yield an aerial deposition of 0.06 grams per square meter (0.6 pounds per acre) at 500 meters (1,640 feet) from the road. The corresponding value for the total deposition per length of roadway is 85 grams per meter or g/m (300 pounds per mile or lb/mi). Five permanent sampling sites are almost completed and will provide a flexible monitoring capability to better quantify the road salt emission, transport, and deposition. Road salt emissions in aerosol samples collected at the locations of two of the permanent sites are reported here. The sites are located 0.6 km (0.4 mi) and 1.0 km (0.6 mi) southeast of I-55 in the prevailing downwind direction, but could also be affected by salt emission from a secondary road in the vicinity. A comparison of the aerosol measurements at the two sampling sites during periods when salt was applied shows that the site nearer to the sources consistently had higher levels of NaCl. Most of the NaCl was found in particles with diameter larger than 10 micrometers (4x10^-4 inches). | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2000-05 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000804 Original UID: 999999994094 FIRST WORD: Atmospheric | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2000 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report summarizes the research and surveying that were conducted in 1995 to determine the amount and severity of bank erosion that existed on the entire length of the Illinois River. The study reach extended from Grafton, River Mile (RM) 0 to Joliet, RM 286. A multi-disciplinary team of scientists traveled the entire length of the river, mapped bank conditions and erosion sites, and selected 29 reaches for detailed data collection and two sites as observation sites. Bank erosion types were developed by studying and analyzing the erosion features. The team also used fluvial and bank failure processes to guide detailed data collection at the 29 sites. Color-coded bank feature maps were developed for the entire 286 miles of the river. | | | | Date Created: | 8 16 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2000-11v.2 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000832 Original UID: 999999994312 FIRST WORD: Bank | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report is the second of a series of three reports being prepared for the work done on the Kankakee River based on a Conservation 2000 Grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The present report focuses on the bank erosion mapping of the main stem of the Kankakee River from Route 30 Bridge in Indiana to the mouth of the Kankakee River with the Illinois River near Wilmington. A total of 111.8 river miles were mapped during a boat trip November 19-December 1, 1998. The relative magnitude of erosion was based on a visual assessment of the river banks during a boat trip along the main stem of the river. No actual measurements were taken. However, the extent of erosion was noted on 7.5-minute quadrangle maps based on visual observations. A series of 27 maps has been developed in which bank erosion identified on both sides of the river ranged form minor to high erosion. This analysis has shown the 10.4 river bank miles had severe erosion, 39.4 bank miles had moderate erosion, 70.8 bank miles had minor erosion, 46.3 bank miles were stable, 46.7 river bank miles were artificially protected, and data on 10.0 bank miles could not be collected because snags, islands, etc. made the banks inaccessible. This is a first attempt to map existing bank erosion conditions of the main stem of the Kankakee River. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2001-01 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000837 Original UID: 999999994320 FIRST WORD: Bank | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois Streams was initiated by the Illinois State Water Survey in 1981 to generate a long-term database of suspended sediment transport. The program is now part of the Water Survey's Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network, which monitors the climate, soil moisture, surface water, ground water, and sediment throughout Illinois. This report summarizes the suspended sediment data collected for the program during Water Years 1994 and 1995. All the techniques used in the data collection process and laboratory analyses are based on U.S. Geological Survey procedures and techniques. The report appendices present tables of instantaneous suspended sediment measurements, particle size analysis, sediment transport curves, and plots of instantaneous sediment concentrations for the period of record for the current monitoring stations. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | DCS-2001-01 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000896 Original UID: 999999994325 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois Streams was initiated by the Illinois State Water Survey in 1981 to generate a long-term database of suspended sediment transport. The program is now part of the Water Survey's Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network, which monitors the climate, soil moisture, surface water, groundwater, and sediment throughout Illinois. This report summarizes the suspended sediment data collected for the program during Water Years 1996 and 1997. All the techniques used in the data collection process and laboratory analyses are based on U.S. Geological Survey procedures and techniques. The report appendices present tables of instantaneous suspended sediment measurements, particle size analysis, sediment transport curves, and plots of instantaneous sediment concentrations for the period of record for the current monitoring stations. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | DCS-2001-02 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000897 Original UID: 999999994326 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2002 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois Streams was initiated by the Illinois State Water Survey in 1981 to generate a long-term database of suspended sediment concentrations and instantaneous sediment loads. The program is now part of the Water Survey's Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network, which monitors climate, soil moisture, surface water, groundwater, and sediment throughout Illinois. This report summarizes the suspended sediment data collected for the program during Water Years 1998 and 1999. All the techniques used in the data collection process and laboratory analyses are based on U.S. Geological Survey procedures and techniques. The report appendices present tables of instantaneous suspended sediment measurements, particle size analysis, sediment transport curves, and plots of instantaneous sediment concentrations for the period of record for the current monitoring stations. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | DCS-2002-01 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000900 Original UID: 999999994339 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois Streams was initiated by the Illinois State Water Survey in 1981 to generate a long-term database of suspended sediment transport. The program is now part of the Water Survey's Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network, which monitors the climate, soil moisture, surface water, ground water, and sediment throughout Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000003093 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Cache River located in the southernmost part of Illinois flows through an area containing the Cache River Wetlands. These unique and important wetlands were designated as a Ramsar Site in 1996. Drainage activities divided the Cache River in half in the early 1900s, effectively separating the river into the Upper and Lower Cache Rivers. The Lower Cache River contains a remnant of a vast wetland system called the Lower Cache River State Natural Area (LCRSNA), commonly referred to as Buttonland Swamp. Sediment inflow from several tributary streams has an impact on the wetland. Previous research has determined that 217,000 tons of sediment were deposited in Buttonland Swamp between 1986 and 1988. The wetlands of the Lower Cache River have been targeted for preservation and restoration by state, federal, and private environmental organizations. A program to monitor the sediment deposition rate within the wetland area at regular intervals would be useful in evaluating and guiding preservation and restoration efforts. This project established a benchmark measure of the deposition rates and cross-sectional profiles at selected locations in the LCRSNA wetland. | | | | Date Created: | 9 24 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | CR-2001-17 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000858 Original UID: 999999994334 FIRST WORD: Benchmark | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | These are reports of the scientific survey and analysis of Illinois water resources. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000001482 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: Chemical | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1909 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Edmund Janes James, Ph. D., LL. D., President University of Illinois: SIR: Herewith I submit a report of the work of the State Water Survey for the year ending December 31, 1908, and request that it be printed as a bulletin of the University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series No. 7. The report includes a brief description of the work done during the year ending December 31, 1908, with a summary, by years, of analyses made since the foundation of the Survey and a summary; by months, of analyses made during the year. There is also included in the report an article describing the scientific work done at the laboratories of the State Water Survey in the investigation of methods of analysis. A description is given of difficulties experienced with incrustation in the discharge pipe at the filtration plant at Quincy, Illinois. Investigations of farm water supplies in several parts of the State are described. An article entitled 'Hardness of Illinois Municipal Water Supplies' shows the character of the mineral matter contained in the various municipal water supplies. Our latest conclusions concerning the methods of 'Interpretation of Results' are included and there is also a chapter giving data concerning municipal water supplies which has been collected since the publication of Bulletin No. 5. Special thanks are due to the regular laboratory staff for their assistance in this work, to Mr. J. S. Rogers for the article on 'Determination of Nitrates in Drinking Water,' to Dr. A. W. Sellards for the article on 'Current Methods of Sanitary Water Analysis,' to Mr. W. R. Gelston, Superintendent Quincy Water Works, for the description of the methods of removing incrustation from the water main at Quincy, and to Miss Mabel Bush for the compilation of the data concerning municipal water supplies. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BARTOW, Director. | | | | Date Created: | 7 25 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | B-7 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000726 Original UID: 999999992007 FIRST WORD: Chemical | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1912 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | EDMUND JANES JAMES, PH.D., LL.D., President University of Illinois. SIR: Herewith I submit a report of the work of the State Water Survey for two years ending December 31, 1911, and request that it be printed as a bulletin of the University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series No. 9. The report contains a statement concerning the expansion of the Survey during the latter half of the year, made possible by increased appropriations, a summary showing the analytical work done in each year since the foundation of the Survey, and a summary showing the analytical work done in each month during 1911, and a brief review of work being done with reference to the quality of water in the state by other organizations. Abstracts of reports of the engineering division are given. There are several special articles which describe the expermental work and investigations carried on during the year. Thanks are due to the regular laboratory staff for their interest in the work of the Survey and to Prof. A. N. Talbot, Dr. R. H. Jesse, Mr. C. E. Millar, M. S., and Mr. B. H. Harrison, B.S., for assistance rendered in the preparation of special articles, and to Messrs. Alvord and Burdick for permission to publish the report on the pollution of Fox River at Geneva. Credit is given in appropriate places for the part each has taken. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BARTOW, Director. | | | | Date Created: | 7 25 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | B-9 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000727 Original UID: 999999992009 FIRST WORD: Chemical | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1913 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | EDMUND JANES JAMES, PH.D., LL.D., President University of Illinois. SIR: Herewith I submit a report of the work of the State Water Survey for the year ending December 31, 1912, and request that it be printed as a bulletin of the University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series No. 10. The report contains a summary of the work done by the laboratory and engineering divisions in accordance with the laws creating the State Water Survey and imposing upon it new and additional duties. (Laws of Illinois, 40th General Assembly 1897, 12; 47th General Assembly, 1911, 43. Bulletin University of Illinois, State Water Survey Series, 9, 7-8.) The report covers the first full year with the increased appropriation allowed by the 47th General Assembly. The special report by the engineering division shows the additional work accomplished and also confirms our belief that there would be a demand for the services of our engineering division. Several other organizations whose work is related in some way to the work of the State Water Survey is briefly summarized in the report. There are several articles that describe special experimental work and special investigations. Many cities have been visited during the year. The purpose of each visit, the observations made, and the recommendations, if any, are given. Thanks are due to the regular staff for their interest in the work of the Survey and to Dr. L. L. Burgess, Mr. O. Kamm, Mr. H. L. Olin, and Mr. C. H. Spaulding, for assistance rendered in the preparation of special articles. Credit is given in appropriate places for the part each has taken. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BARTOW, Director. | | | | Date Created: | 7 25 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | B-10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000731 Original UID: 999999992010 FIRST WORD: Chemical | |
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