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State Water Plan Task Force

2022 Illinois State Water Plan: (Link to Report)

Future Task Force Meetings

  • January 6, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual
  • April 7, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual
  • July 14, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual

Virtual Meetings – WebEx Link

State Water Plan Implementation Progress Summary

Progress Statistics (updated 10/21/24)

146

Total Recommnedations

67

Recommendations Started

31.4%

Average Progression If Started

14.4%

Average Progression Overall

8

Sections Reporting

3

Recommendations Completed

Plan Implementation Highlights from this Quarter

  • Integrated Water Management #2 - Codification of State Water Plan Task Force: SB2743 has been signed into law.

State Water Plan Contacts

For general questions relating to the State Water Plan or the State Water Plan Task Force, please contact Wes Cattoor at wes.cattoor@illinois.gov or 217-782-4847.

The critical issues, lead agencies and contact information are shown in the table below. 

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​# ​Issue Lead Agency​ ​Lead Individual Email
​1 ​Water Quality ​IEPA ​Jeff Edstrom jeffrey.edstrom@illinois.gov
​2 ​Climate Change ​ISWS

​Dave Kristovich

​dkristo@illinois.edu
​3 ​Integrated Water Management ​OWR Loren Wobig Loren.Wobig@illinois.gov
​4 ​Long Term Funding ​IEPA Nidhan Singh

Nidhan.Singh@Illinois.gov

​5 ​Water Sustainability ​OWR ​Wei Han ​​wei.han2@illinois.gov
​6 ​Lake Michigan ​OWR Meg Kelly Meg.Kelly@Illinois.gov
​7 ​Flood Damage Mitigation ​OWR ​Terra McParland terra.mcparland.@illinois.gov
​8 ​Aquatic & Riparian Habitat ​ORC ​Brian Metzke brian.metzke@illinois.gov
​9 ​Water Use Laws & Regulations ​OWR ​Steve Altman steve.altman@illinois.gov
​10 ​Navigation ​IDOT Brian McCoy Brian.McCoy@illinois.gov
​11 ​Erosion & Sedimentation ​DOA Brian Rennecke brian.rennecker@illinois.gov
​12 ​Data Management ​ISWS ​Laura Keefer ​​lkeefer@illinois.edu
​13 ​Recreation ​ORC ​Mike McClelland michael.mcclelland@illinois.gov
 

State Water Plan Task Force Members

The current State Water Plan Task Force is comprised of the following members: