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Lakes - Projects
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| Illinois
Clean Lakes Program Diagnostic Study of Lake Vermilion
in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois |
| Principal
Investigator: B. Bogner |
| Funded
by Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency and Consumers Illinois Water Company until 12/31/2002 |
| ABSTRACT:
The Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) will assist the Consumers Illinois Water Company in conducting an Illinois Clean Lakes Program Phase I diagnostic study of Lake Vermilion, the sole source of water supply for the city of Danville. The project entails water quality, biological, and hydrologic monitoring and analyses for a one-year period and a watershed evaluation for the lake. The ISWS will conduct storm event monitoring and the diagnostic portion of the study. This proposal does not include the feasibility and recommendation portion of the Clean Lakes Study. |
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| Diagnostic
Study of Lake Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois |
| Principal
Investigator: B. Bogner |
| Funded
by Crawford, Murphy and Tilly, Inc. until 12/31/2002 |
| ABSTRACT:
Intensive one-year field sampling was conducted from June 2000 through May 2001. Results of laboratory analyses of water quality were gradually obtained from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and Crawford, Murphy and Tilly, Inc. (CMT) since March 2001. Completed laboratory results were received from CMT on September 4, 2001. Data tabulations and calculations have begun. Historical water quality data and the results of fish flesh survey results for the lake still need to be obtained from IEPA. On August 20, 2001, the IEPA forwarded the phytoplankton report prepared by Dr. Lawrence O'Flaherty, Western Illinois University. Ten-year fish management records were obtained from the Charleston office, Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Coles and Moultrie Counties have been contacted for assistance in determining watershed soil types, slopes, areas, etc. The draft report is in preparation. |
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| Diagnostic
Study of Lake Paradise, Coles County, Illinois |
| Principal
Investigator: B. Bogner |
| Funded
by Crawford, Murphy and Tilly, Inc. until 12/31/2002 |
| ABSTRACT:
Intensive one-year field sampling was conducted from June 2000 through May 2001. Results of laboratory analyses (water quality) were gradually obtained from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and Crawford, Murphy and Tilly, Inc. (CMT) since March 2001. Completed laboratory results were received from CMT on September 4, 2001. Data tabulations and calculations have begun. Historical water quality data and the results of fish flesh survey results for the lake still need to be obtained from IEPA. On August 20, 2001, the IEPA forwarded the phytoplankton report prepared by Dr. Lawrence O'Flaherty, Western Illinois University. Ten-year fish management records were obtained from the Charleston office, Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Coles and Moultrie Counties have been contacted for assistance in determining watershed soil types, slopes, areas, etc. The draft report is in preparation. |
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| Floodplain Map Modernization Program |
| Principal
Investigator: Sally A. McConkey |
| GIS & Engineering Support: K. Allan, P. Parmar, M. Barrett, P. Graff, L. Verhelst, and T. Yilmaz |
| Funded
by Illinois Department
of Natural Resources - Office of Water Resources from 2004 (ongoing) |
| ABSTRACT:
Today, Illinois' flood hazards are primarily depicted only on paper maps. These paper floodplain maps, used for regulatory and flood insurance purposes as well as identifying sensitive riparian corridors, are called Flood Insurance Rate maps, or FIRMs. Many of Illinois’ FIRMs are outdated, some as much as 20 years, the statewide average age of Illinois FIRM maps is nine years. Congress has allocated significant funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to “modernize” floodplain maps nation wide. The new floodplain maps will be fully digital, using the latest geographic information system (GIS) technology. Local involvement is stressed to assure that data incorporated in the maps is up to date and accurate. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Water Resources and the State Water Survey prepared a State Business plan outlining the state’s desire to participate in FEMA’s Map Modernization Program. The State Water Survey has contracted to prepare digital maps for five counties in Illinois this funding cycle and over the next 5 years will prepare the floodplain maps for the majority of counties in Illinois. The newly created Map Modernization Program is headed by Sally McConkey, Senior Professional Scientist, Kingsley Allan, GIS Specialist, and Parminder Parmar, Senior Engineer. GIS expertise has been enhanced at the Survey with four new staff members who joined the team December 1, 2004. Melony Barrett, Phil Graff, Lisa Verhelst and Tolga Yilmaz hold degrees specializing in GIS and bring a wealth expertise to the program. The Map Modernization GIS team is expected to double its staff in the upcoming years as more map projects are added. Illinois has taken an aggressive step to fully participate in Map Modernization, recognizing that participation benefits the people of Illinois by providing state expertise for the best mapping product. |
| Website: http://www.illinoisfloodmaps.org/ |
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| National
Monitoring Strategy on Lake Pittsfield |
| Principal
Investigators: B. White |
| Funded
by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, 9/1/2000 - 8/31/2004 |
| ABSTRACT:
Lake Pittsfield was constructed in 1961 as a flood control structure and as a public water supply for the city of Pittsfield, a western Illinois community of approximately 4,000 people. The 7,000-acre watershed (Blue Creek Watershed) that drains into Lake Pittsfield consists primarily of corn and soybean cropland. The objective of this U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Section 319 National Monitoring Program project is to evaluate the effectiveness of best management practices, such as loose stone weirs, settling basins, etc., in reducing sedimentation rates to the lake. Water quality monitoring consists of tributary sampling after rainstorms to determine sediment loads, monthly water quality monitoring at three lake sites to determine water quality trends, and lake sedimentation rate monitoring to determine changes in sediment deposition rates and patterns. |
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