NEWS
- New Board member: Rick Twait, City of Bloomington replaces Craig Cummings. Rick is the Superintendent of Water Purification, City of Bloomington.
- Water use: Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2010: USGS finds water use at 355 BGD in 2010, drops 13% from 2005. Read the full report or the 2-page fact sheet.
- Virtual field trip: take a virtual field trip to see observation well drilling in Mason County. Field trip was compiled by a student in Dr. Roadcap's Geol 470 class at UIUC.
- 60 Minutes report: Depleting the water watch this report groundwater depletion around the globe from CBS, aired Nov 16, 2014.
- Voters speak: Voters in DeWitt and Piatt Counties reject PCBs in Clinton landfill (more).
- News-Gazette commentary: Future remains unclear for Mahomet aquifer
- WOTUS: Waters of the U.S.-- review Lauren Lurkins Powerpoint that she presented at the Sept 16 MAC mtg. More info-- read AWWA's report on the topic or review the USEPA website
- USEPA halts permit review: USEPA suspends its review of the permit application for storing chemical waste at the Clinton landfill-- Herald-Review report
- PCBs banned: Quinn bans PCBs from Clinton landfill-- SJR report, N-G report
- RWSPC Stakeholders mtg: July 25, approx 55 attended this tour of Mason County to learn about irrigated agriculture, grain transport on the IL River, IDNR fish hatchery, popcorn & more.
- Aquifer Summit: July 12: Daily Illini report or the News-Gazette report on the CU summit.
- NSF CZO:NSF funds critical zone observatory in the upper Sangamon River basin.
- Chanute AFB: GW contamination at closed Chanute AFB (Rantoul) News-Gazette, May 25
- PCBs: PCB landfill and Mahomet aquifer (News-Gazette, May 18)
- PCBs: Alternatives to landfilling PCBs to be reviewed
- Sole Source mtg: USEPA Sole Source Aquifer hearing: report on Champaign hearing.News-Gazette, May 13
- CCRPC: Champaign Co. RPC's Regional Water Supply Framework, presentation made by Andrew Levy at the MAC mtg on May 13
- PCBs: Aquifer site is poor location for PCB disposal Pantagraph, May 8
- Clean Water Act: USEPA hosts free webcast on "Waters of the U.S. Proposed Rule" from 1-3pm ET, April 7. It will teach viewers about the recent USEPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jointly released proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation's water resources. The webcast will provide a broad overview of the proposed rule and its costs and benefits. Read the proposed rule here.
