Mahomet Aquifer Consortium    (Established 1998)

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• Next Board Meeting: Wed, Sep 29, 1:00 PM at Illinois American Water, Champaign. (Click here for Google map)
• Next Member Meeting: Thurs, Oct 28, 10 AM at ISWS, Speakers: TBA (Click here for Google map for the ISWS.)
• Special Meeting for Strategic Planning: MAC Board & RWSPC members, Friday, July 16, 10-3, Parkland's Tony Noel Center, Champaign. (Click here for Google map for Parkland College.)

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• MAC names two Board Members-- MAC expands its Board to 9 members with the announcement of Joan Esarey of Ford County Soil and Water Conservation District and Patrick Gleason of Rural Community Assistance Program/Illinois Assoc. of Community Action Agencies.
• Illinois Water 2010 will be held Oct 5-7 in Champaign. Early registration ends Sept 7th.
• IAWC provides Every Drop Counts to all Champaign Co. residents read Every Drop Counts.
• MAC Spotlight:
  Do you know where your water comes from? A group in Champaign wants their students to be able to answer this question. Sixth-grade students in Champaign’s Unit 4 School District learn where their water comes from (the Mahomet aquifer), where their wastewater goes (discharged to the Salt Fork or the Kaskaskia River), and how human activity affects water resources. The students learn the answer to these questions while studying Fresh Water Resources, a 5-week science education unit. Fresh Water Resources was developed by Kristin Camp, K-12 Science and Health Curriculum Coordinator for the District, three teachers-- Natasha Harroff, Jen Mathis, and Donna Peyton, and a MAC technical consultant, George Roadcap. The students enjoy this science unit because it has a local tie-in, using a Powerpoint presentation developed by Dr. Roadcap. This presentation shows photos of the water wells that supply water in Champaign, the wastewater treatment plants and other important hydrologic features that student’s have seen in their community. To learn more about Fresh Water Resources, contact Kristin Camp. If your schools do a great job teaching students about water resources, let us know about. Email your MAC Spotlight material to the webmaster.
• Three new links added--
  USEPA Watersense page
  Midwest Technical Assistance Center for Small Public Water Systems (MTAC)
  Illinois American Water Company's Learning Center
  Send your favorite water link to the webmaster
• New paper on geochemistry of Mahomet aquifer>> get PDF of paper by Hackley, Panno & Anderson (2 MB)
• At the April 2010 MAC mtg, Pat Gleason, a Rural Development Specialist with the Rural Community Assistance Program/Illinois Assoc. of Community Action Agencies, described the activities of RCAP. View a PDF of his Powerpoint presentation (404 KB)

Link to RWSPC final report.

Link to the Committee's WWW site (Check here for mtg dates and directions.)

RWSPC status and future direction-- Al Wehrmann reviews the status and discusses the future for both planning committees (posted Nov 11, 2008)

Link to ISWS Water Supply Planning WWW site

Gary Clark's discussion of Water Law in Illinois (PDF of 3/30 presentation)

Responsibilities of the Committee, IDNR & the Surveys

Read State & Regional Water-Supply Planning in Illinois to learn why planning is needed and where to get more info.

Governor announces water supply study. (includes Executive Order 2006-1)

SIU report-- County-level forecasts of water use in Illinois: 2005-2025, [ view abstract or download PDF (8 MB)]

ASCE reviews state water resources planning in the 50 states. Read more

Openlands releases their Troubled Waters report (click for fact sheet or report.)

Links: NE Illinois Water Resources Planning Committee

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Last Updated: Sep 1, 2010
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