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| 12:00 |
Registration
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| 1:00 |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
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Derek Winstanley, Conference Chair, Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Lt. Governor Corinne Wood, Chair, Illinois River Coordinating Council
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| 1:15 |
State Water Plan Update (abstract)
Donald R. Vonnahme, Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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SESSION I - Water Supply and Demand Issues
Moderator - Scott C. Meyer, Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
| 1:55 |
Hindsight is 2020, A Comparison of Water Demand
Projections to 2020 and Actual Water Use since 1960 (abstract)
Sally McConkey, Illinois State Water Survey, and John
Marlin, Illinois Waste Management and Research Center, Illinois Department
of Natural Resources
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| 2:25 |
Climate Change and Impacts on Water Resources (abstract)
Kenneth E. Kunkel, Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois Department of
Natural Resources
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| 2:55 |
Break
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| 3:15 |
Water Quality Issues in the Sinkhole Plain of Southwestern
Illinois (abstract)
Joan Bade, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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| 3:45 |
Constraints on Water Supply at Rockford,
Illinois Imposed by Ground-Water Contamination (abstract)
John Crooks, City of Rockford Water Division
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| 4:15 |
Irrigation in Illinois (abstract)
F. William Simmons, University of Illinois, Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Sciences
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| 4:45 |
Adjourn
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| 8:30 |
Opening Remarks and Announcements
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SESSION I - (Continued) Water Supply and Demand Issues
Moderator - Richard E. Sparks, University of Illinois Water Resources Center
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| 8:40 |
The Mahomet Aquifer Consortium (abstract)
Duane Cole, Northern Illinois Water Corporation
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| 9:10 |
Distribution of Illinois Aquifers and Surface Water Supplies (abstract)
H. Vernon Knapp, Illinois State Water Survey, Edward Mehnert and
Richard J. Rice, Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois
Department of Natural Resources
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| 9:40 |
Potential Drinking Water Concerns in Ground and Surface Water in
the Illinois River Basin-U. S. Geological Survey Perspective from
the National Water Quality Assessment (abstract)
Kelly L. Warner, Paul Terrio, Robin King, George Groschen, Terri
Arnold, William S. Morrow, Mike Friedel, and Mitchell A. Harris,
United States Geological Survey
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10:10
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Break
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SESSION II - Water Quality Issues
Moderator - John Crooks, City of Rockford Water Division |
| 10:30 |
Trends in Tightening of Federal Water Quality
Regulations (abstract)
Frederick W. Pontius, P.E., Pontius Water Consultants, Inc.
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| 11:00 |
Tightening of Water Quality
Regulations: The State’s Perspective (abstract)
Dianna L. Heaberlin, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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| 11:30 |
Future State Laboratory
Funding Costs Associated with Upcoming Regulations (abstract)
Kenneth A. Alderson, Illinois Municipal League
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| 12:00 |
Lunch, Keynote Address
Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, Director, Public Policy
Institute, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
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| 1:30 |
Future Costs Associated with Upcoming Regulations: A Case
Study (abstract)
Craig Cummings, Consumers Illinois Water Company
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| 2:00 |
Future Technologies Available to Meet
Regulations (abstract)
Steve Medlar, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.
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| 2:30 |
Creation of a Regional Water Supply
System (abstract)
William D. Koepsel, Jr., and Melanie VanHeirseele, Central Lake County
Joint Action Water Agency
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| 3:00
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Break
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SESSION III - Legal and Management Issues
Moderator - Don Vonnahme, Office of Water Resources, Illinois
Department of Natural Resources |
| 3:20 |
Who Regulates the State's Waters? (abstract)
Gary R. Clark, Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of
Natural Resources
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| 3:50 |
The Relationship Between Water Allocation and Land Use
Planning in Illinois (abstract)
A. Dan Tarlock, Chicago-Kent College of Law
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| 4:20 |
Lake Michigan Diversion: Current Status and Future Outlook (abstract)
Daniel Injerd, Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of
Natural Resources
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| 4:50 |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 |
Boat Excursion Aboard the "Windy" (Optional Event, Extra Fee)
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8:30 Opening Remarks and Announcements
SESSION IV - Socioeconomic Issues
Moderator - John Marlin, Illinois Waste Management and
Research Center, Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
| 8:40 |
Societal Costs of Floods and Droughts (abstract)
Stanley A. Changnon, Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois
Department of Natural Resources
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| 9:10 |
Water Reuse (abstract)
John R. Sheaffer, Sheaffer International, L.L.C.
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| 9:40 |
Impacts of Surface Water Supply Deficits to the
Aquatic Ecosystem (abstract)
Lawrence M. Page, Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois Department
of Natural Resources
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| 10:10 |
Break
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| 10:30 |
Investments in Water Efficiency: Your Least-Cost Source
of Treated Water (abstract)
Edward R. Osann, Potomac Resources, Inc.
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| 11:00 |
Open Discussion Period
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| 11:30 |
Conference Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
Derek Winstanley, Conference Chair, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois State Water Survey
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| 12:00 |
Conference Adjourns |
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