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State Water Plan Task Force

2022 Illinois State Water Plan: (Link to Report)

Future Task Force Meetings

  • October 21, 2024 at 1:30PM - IDNR Lake Level A and Virtual
  • January 6, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual
  • April 7, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual

Virtual Meetings – WebEx Link

State Water Plan Implementation Progress Summary

Progress Statistics (updated 7/8/24)

146

Total Recommnedations

61

Recommendations Started

28.1%

Average Progression If Started

11.5%

Average Progression Overall

4

Sections Reporting

3

Recommendations Completed

Plan Implementation Highlights from this Quarter

  • Integrated Water Management #2 - Codification of State Water Plan Task Force: SB2743 has passed the Senate without opposition. 
  • Integrated Water Management #6 - the revolving loan fund for storm water is moving forward.
  • Aquatic Habitat #20 - SB771 is newly proposed legislation for the protection of wetlands. 

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 Tara Jagadeesh Tara.Jagadeesh@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: