Recent News Releases

2002

• USGS Measures High-Water Conditions on the Ohio River near Old Shawneetown, Illinois

2000

• New USGS Fact Sheet Shows Arsenic in Nation's Ground Water

1999

• New Report Describes Environmental Setting of the Upper Illinois River Basin and Implications for Water Quality
• Flow Through Fractured-Rock Aquifer Characterized at Waste-Disposal Site in the Vicinity of Byron, Illinois Using Innovative Technologies
• Water-Quality and Ground-Water-Flow Patterns Identified in the Aquifer Underlying the Vicinity of Belvidere, Illinois
• Characterization of the Rate and Direction of Shallow Ground-Water Flow at a Waste-Disposal Site Near Wempletown, Illinois

1998

• Data on Ground-Water Flow and Quality Available for the Vicinity of Belvidere , Illinois
• Flood Tracking Chart For The Illinois River Basin In Illinois Available
• Sources of Nutrients Controlling the Plant Growth in Bauman Park Lake, Cherry Valley, Illinois Identified
• National Water-Quality Assessment Project in the Upper Illinois River Basin-Geochemicals in Streambed Sediments
• Watersheds in Du Page County Area Studied
• Description of the environmental setting of the lower Illinois River Basin available
• Analysis of Pesticides and Other Synthetic Compounds Completed for Upper Illinois River Basin
• Report Documenting Record Rainfall and Flooding in July 1996 in Northeastern Illinois Released by USGS
• Rainfall Data Available for Du Page County, Illinois and Vicinity

1997

• Computer Model for Flood Management and Hydraulic-Structure Evaluation Released
• Summary of Surface-Water-Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin Presented
• Changes in channel geometry and volume determined for two reaches of the Kankakee River in Illinois
• Computer Model for Flood Management Released
• Sediment Budget prepared for the Kankakee River Basin in Illinois and Indiana
• Fill deposits characterized in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois
• Report Lists Nearly 200 References on Galena-Platteville Deposits in Illinois and Wisconsin
• Study Identifies Pathways of Ground-Water Flow and Contaminant Migration at the Byron Superfund Site near Byron, Illinois
• Improved Stormwater and Flood Analysis developed for Lake County, Illinois

1996

• Hydraulic, Geotechnical, Geomorphic, and Biologic Data Collected in the Cache River/Heron Pond Area of Southern Illinois
• Water Withdrawals in Illinois During 1990
• Study Identifies Areas of Apparent Aquifer Overutilization in Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois
• Hydrogeologic and Ground-Water-Quality Data Base Available for Belvidere, Illinois
• Report Documents New Simplified Method To Evaluate Illinois Bridges For Streambed Scour
• Study Indentifies Directions of Ground- and Surface-water Flow and Locations of Floating Oil in Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois
• Hydrology of Watersheds in Lake County Area Studied
• Study Identifies Presence of Major and Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, and Biota in the Upper Illinois River Basin
• Water Withdrawals in Illinois During 1988
• Simulation of Water Quality for Salt Creek in Northeastern Illinois
• Flooding In Northeastern Illinois Sets New Records