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• Preliminary Report on Ground-Water Resources of the Chicago Region, Illinois 

  Suter, Max; Bergstrom, Robert E.; Smith, H. F.; Emrich, Grover H.; Walton, W. C.; Larson, T. E. (Illinois State Water Survey and the Illinois State Geological Survey, 1959)

  The purpose of this study was to make an evaluation of the ground-water resources of the Chicago region on the basis of available data. Such an evaluation is particularly urgent at this time due to the progressively ...

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• Geology, Hydrology, and Water Quality of the Cambrian and Ordovician Systems in Northern Illinois 

  Visocky, Adrian P.; Sherrill, Marvin G.; Cartwright, Keros (Illinois State Water Survey and the Illinois State Geological Survey, 1985)

  Cambrian and Ordovician strata provide much of the groundwater supply for approximately 250 municipalities and 150 industries in the northern half of Illinois. This report represents the cooperative effort of the ...

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• Illinois' Statewide Monitoring Well Network for Pesticides in Shallow Groundwater—Network Development and Initial Sampling Results 

  Mehnert, E.; Dey, W.S.; Keefer, D.A.; Wehrmann, H.A.; Wilson, Steven D.; Ray, C. (Illinois State Water Survey and the Illinois State Geological Survey, 2005)

  A key element of the Illinois Generic Management Plan for Pesticides in Groundwater was the use of a statewide map of aquifer sensitivity to contamination by pesticide leaching. This map included soil properties (hydraulic ...

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• Agricultural Chemicals in Rural, Private Water Wells in Illinois: Recommendations for a Statewide Survey 

  McKenna, Dennis P.; Schock, S. C.; Mehnert, E.; Mravik, S. C.; Keefer, D. A. (Illinois State Water Survey and the Illinois State Geological Survey, 1989)

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• Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Availability in Southwest McLean and Southeast Tazewell Counties Part 2: Aquifer Modeling and Final Report 

  Wilson, Steven D.; Roadcap, George S.; Herzog, Beverly L.; Larson, David R.; Winstanley, Derek (Illinois State Water Survey and the Illinois State Geological Survey, 1998)

  An assessment of the aquifer characteristics and ground-water availability has been completed for one of the largest sand-and-gravel aquifers in Illinois, the Sankoty-Mahomet Sand aquifer, in the confluence area of the ...

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