Since June of 2000, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) have worked together toward formulation of a means and strategy to better identify, plan for, and address the numerous and diverse water quantity issues in the State. Given DNR's long history and legislated mandates involving water quantity issues, the responsibility for creation and implementation of a Water Supply Planning and Management Strategic Plan was presented to DNR. This web-site has been developed to provide public access to documents that provide a framework for the development of a strategy to address important water quantity issues in Illinois. Additional documents will be added that address best management practices for in-stream flow protection and well interference.
- Governor's Executive Order for Water Supply Planning
- Water Supply and Demand in East-Central Illinois: Planning for the Future
Report to the Interagency Coordinating Committee On Groundwater from the Subcommittee on Integrated Water Planning and Management. - State and Regional Water-Supply Planning in Illinois (pdf ~740k)
- Integrated Water Quantity Planning and Management January 2005 Report (pdf ~200k)
- Integrated Water Quantity Planning and Management January 2004 Report (pdf ~80k)
- Countywide Projections of Community Water Supply Needs in the Midwest
- Prioritizing Illinois Aquifers and Watersheds for Water Supply Planning (pdf ~2.6mb)
- A Plan for Scientific Assessment of Water Supplies in Illinois
- Straddling the Divide: Water Supply Planning in the Lake Michigan Region (conference proceedings)
- County-Level Forecasts of Water Use in Illinois: 2005-2025
- An Analysis of Groundwater Use to Aquifer Potential Yield in Illinois (pdf ~4.7mb)
- The Water Cycle and Water Budgets in Illinois: A Framework for Drought and Water-Supply Planning (pdf ~6.8mb)
- Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
- Mahomet Aquifer Consortium