Water Quality and Management

Information on drinking water, watersheds, home water treatment, drainage law, groundwater, IL Drainage Guide, etc.

• 25 Things You Can Do to Protect Your Watershed
  
  
• 50, 57, 60 Ways to Protect Water
  50, 57, and 60 Ways Farmers and Homeowners can protect surface and groundwater and soil.
  
  
• Aquatic weed managment - Purdue
  
  
• Bottled Water facts brochure - U. S. EPA
  
  
• Center for Watershed Protection - urban stormwater mgt.
  
  
• Certified Professionals in Erosion and Sediment Control / Storm Water Quality
  
  
• Conserving Water at Home
  
  
• Drainage Law - U. of I. Illinois Drainage Law booklet
  
  
• Environmental Corridor fact sheet - U. of Wis
  
  
• Groundwater and the Rural Homeowner - USGS
  
  
• Home water filtration brochure - U. S. EPA
  
  
• Home Water Treatment fact sheets - U. of Nebraska
  
  
• IL - IN Sea Grant
  Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) is one of 32 programs constituting the National Sea Grant network. The network is dedicated to an approach that uses research, education and outreach to promote the wise use of our nation's coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes resources for a sustainable economy and environment.IISG serves clients along 104 miles of heavily urbanized and industrialized shoreline in Illinois and Indiana.
  
  
• IL Water Resources Center - U. of I.
  IWRC is dedicated to research and outreach programs on water resources. Created in 1964, the Illinois Water Resources Center (IWRC) is a part of a nationwide network of university-based water centers. IWRC is dedicated to research and outreach programs on water resources issues critical to Illinois and the Midwest.
  
  
• IL Watershed Management Clearinghouse
  
  
• Illinois Drainage Guide - U. of I. Dept. of Ag and Biological Engineering
  Managing water table levels and utilizing drain tiles for farm drainage - using an on-line calculation guide.
  
  
• Non-point Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)
  
  
• Pond and Fish Management - IL DNR
  
  
• Pond Duckweed control - Ohio State
  
  
• Rain Garden info and manual - U. of Wis. Extension
  
  
• Sealing Abandoned Wells in IL
  
  
• Soil and Water Conservation Society of America
  
  
• Stormwater Basins - Using Native Plantings for Beauty and Water Quality - Univ. of Wis. - NEW
  This twenty-two page informational publication is a primer on planting and managing native landscaping for storm water basins. It provides important information on how to get started and then carry through with a native plants landscaping plan for the basin.
  
  
• Stormwater Management at Home
  
  
• Streambank Stabilization
  
  
• Streambank Stabilization - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
  
  
• Understanding Home Water Treatment Systems - U. of MO
  
  
• University of Illinois Water Quality program
  
  
• University of Wisconsin Extension Water Resources Education
  
  
• Water Quality fact sheets - U. of I. Extension
  
  
• Water Quality Questions - Who to Contact
  
  
• What Happens when it Rains in the Watershed?
  
  

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