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SWPTF Published Documents

Reports are listed in chronological order. 

  • Water for Illinois: A Plan for Action (Mar 1967)

  • Plan of Study: Illinois State Water Plan (Mar 1981)

  • Illinois Water Resources and Use (Jan 1982, Special Report No. 1)

  • Atmospheric Changes and Management Issues (Aug 1982, Special Report No. 2)

  • Hydropower (Oct 1982, Information Paper No. 1)

  • Inland Waterway and Deep Draft Navigation (Oct 1982, Information Paper No. 2)

  • Illinois Water Research Needs and a Catalog of Water Research in Illinois (Mar 1983, Special Report No. 5)

  • Drought Contingency Planning (Jun 1983, Special Report No. 3)

  • Water Conservation.pdf (Jan 1984, Special Report No. 4)

  • Instream Flow Protection: A Planning Standard for Illinois Streams (UNK, Special Report No. 6)

  • Illinois State Water Plan: Critical Issues, Cross-Cutting Topics, Operating Issues (Jan 1984)

  • Strategy for the Protection of Underground Water in Illinois (Oct 1984, Special Report No. 8)

  • Lake Sedimentation Surveys in Illinois (Feb 1985, Special Report No. 9)

  • Stream Sediment Monitoring Program for Illinois (Aug 1985, Special Report No. 10)

  • Illinois Streamgaging Network Program: Related Studies and Results (Dec 1986, Prepared for SWPTF)

  • Illinois River Basin Action Plan (Oct 1987, Special Report No. 11)

  • Groundwater Quantity Issues (Feb 1989, Special Report No. 12)

  • Biological Stream Characterization (BSC): A Biological Assessment of Illinois Stream Quality (Jul 1989, Special Report No. 13)

  • Ground-Water Supply and Demand in Illinois (1991, Special Report No. 14)

  • Illinois Streams Natural Resource Assessment (Sept 1990, Special Report No. 16)

  • State of Illinois Response to the 1988-1990 Drought (Jan 1991, Special Report No. 17)

  • Illinois State Water Plan: Remaining Issues and Implementation Requirements (Nov 1994)

  • State of Illinois Drought Preparedness and Response Plan (Oct 2011, Update of Drought Contingency Planning Report Above)
  • Illinois State Water Plan (Dec 2022)
  • Annual Update to State Water Plan 2023
  • Annual Update to State Water Plan 2024