Water Supply Planning: Middle Illinois Progress Report

This report presents a summary of 1) the technical information assembled to describe existing water availability and sources of supply within the 7-county (LaSalle, Livingston, Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, and Woodford Counties) Middle Illinois River Region in central Illinois (Figures 1 and 2) and 2) the development of preliminary computer models that will be used in future studies to estimate impacts to water availability resulting from future water development in the region. Through funding by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) and Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) prepared this document for the Middle Illinois Regional Water Supply Planning Committee (MIRWSPC) to aid in the development of a plan for meeting the future growth of water supply demands within the basin to the year 2060. It contains background information to provide an overview of management criteria and an understanding of the constraints and policies used in conducting analyses and making decisions concerning water usage. Models will be applied to a broad range of conditions, including a set of selected future water use scenarios to more fully characterize water availability within the Middle Illinois River Region to the year 2060. In addition, as the MIRWSPC deliberates and prepares its water supply planning document, the information presented in this report will be reviewed and, in some cases, additional analysis may be performed and results revised. A more complete reporting of the model development, the results of the scenario simulations, and subsequent work concerning water availability will be published at the end of that forthcoming study. The existing technical information compiled as the first task of this study includes a review of previous analyses and publications dealing with the Middle Illinois River Region’s water resources; collection of hydrogeological and hydrologic data, primarily as needed for modeling; and, in certain cases, additional analyses of that data, such as data mining of well records and yield analyses of surface water supply sources. This compiled information focuses on the three primary sources of water supply within the Middle Illinois River watershed: 1) direct withdrawals from the Illinois River; 2) public supply systems using the Vermilion River and off-channel reservoirs at Pontiac and Streator; and 3) groundwater from within the Middle Illinois River basin. A companion report has been published (Meyer et al., In preparation) evaluating water demand scenarios out to 2060 for the Middle Illinois River, Northwest Illinois, and Kankakee River Regions.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewedOpe

Watershed Monitoring and Land Use Evaluation for the Lake Decatur Watershed

Lake Decatur is the water supply reservoir for the city of Decatur. The reservoir was created in 1922 by construction of a dam to impound the flow of the Sangamon River. The dam created a lake with a volume of 20,000 acre-feet, but was later modified in 1956 to increase the maximum capacity of the lake to 28,000 acre-feet. The drainage area of the Sangamon River upstream of Lake Decatur is 925 square miles.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

Watershed Monitoring and Land Use Evaluation for the Lake Decatur Watershed

Lake Decatur is the water supply reservoir for the City of Decatur. The reservoir was created in 1922 by construction of a dam to impound the flow of the Sangamon River. The dam created a lake with a volume of 20,000 acre-feet, but was later modified in 1956 to increase the maximum capacity of the lake to 28,000 acre-feet. The drainage area of the Sangamon River upstream of Lake Decatur is 925 square miles.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

River Geometry, Bank Erosion, and Sand Bars Within the Main Stem of the Kankakee River in Illinois and Indiana

This is the third and final report on the Kankakee River in Illinois supported by the Conservation 2000 Program of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. For this project, the Illinois State Water Survey mapped the bank erosion of the main stem of the Kankakee River from the Route 30 bridge in Indiana to the mouth of the Kankakee River with the Illinois River near Wilmington, collected about 100 bed and bank material samples, resurveyed all the previously surveyed river cross sections, surveyed four sand bars, and analyzed all historical and new data. This research has shown that of 223.6 river bank miles (includes both sides of the river), about 10.4 river bank miles have severe erosion, 39.4 river bank miles have moderate erosion, 70.8 river bank miles have minor erosion, and the remainder are either protected or stabilized or data are not available. The median diameter of the bed materials varied from 0.27 millimeters (mm) to 0.52 mm. The median diameter of bank materials varied from 0.07 mm to 0.41 mm. Analyses of the long-term flows from six gaging stations in Illinois showed an increasing trend in flows through the 1960s with no discernible increase since that time. Cross-sectional analyses of the river from the Kankakee Dam to the State Line Bridge did show some trends. The river reach from the Kankakee Dam to Aroma Park called Six-Mile Pool has lost 13.4 percent of its capacity due to sediment deposition since 1980. Similarly, Momence Wetland also has lost about 10.2 percent of its capacity since 1980. The section of the river between Aroma Park and Singleton Ditch showed both scour and sediment deposition. In general areas close to Aroma Park exhibited sediment deposition and the middle reach experienced scour. The recurring sand bar at the State Line Bridge area contains about 8,500 cubic yards of additional sediment in 1999 than were measured in 1980. The volumetric measurement of three additional sand bars showed some changes since 1980. The river is accumulating sediments within Six-Mile Pool and Momence Wetland. The middle reach is in semi-equilibrium with some sediment accumulation at several areas. Several management alternatives, both in-channel and watershed-based also are included to assist in the reduction of sedimentation problems of the Kankakee River.Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Realty and Environmental Planningpublished or submitted for publicationis peer reviewedOpe

Assessing Progress on the 1997 Integrated Management Plan for the Illinois River Watershed

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Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric palliative care (PPC) in oncology is the active total care of the child’s body, mind, and spirit and involves giving support to the family. Pediatric palliative oncology includes patients across the age spectrum from infancy through young adulthood, and can be embodied as a philosophy of care or applied by an interdisciplinary team of experts. PPC should be initiated at the time of a child’s cancer diagnosis and continued regardless of whether or not the child receives treatment directed at the cancer. PPC aims to prevent and relieve suffering across multiple realms (physical, psychological, social, and existential or spiritual) and enhance quality of life. PPC can be either primary (administered by the primary oncology team) or specialty-focused (administered by an expert or team of experts in PPC), depending on the unique needs of the patient, family, and health care team. Despite evidence demonstrating the benefits of PPC, numerous barriers to its implementation remain. Ongoing education and research are necessary to support consistent access for patients, families, and health care clinicians