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Illinois State Water Survey
2204 Griffith Drive
Champaign, Illinois 61820



Staff
:
Daniel Webb
Brian Kaiser
Sofia Lazovsky
RuthAnn Nichols
Lauren Sievers
Kaye Surratt
Among the Water Survey's most important public services are the water analyses provided by the Center for Chemistry and Technology to the citizens of Illinois. The Public Service Laboratory (PSL) tests water samples and suggests solutions for water problems of all kinds, whether they cause health or economic difficulties, or whether they're simply a nuisance.

Each year about 1,500 Illinois residents turn to the Water Survey's Center for Chemistry and Technology for help. A homemaker may bring a sample of wash water that has stained the laundry orange. A farmer may bring a sample of livestock water after noting a high death rate among his piglets. A doctor may submit a sample of the tap water to be used by a patient on a low-sodium diet. Or a city official may bring a sample from the municipal water supply to have the fluoride content checked.

Follow these links for answers to common questions you may have about your water.

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Tour the Laboratory and see
the chemists at work!

 
Water Treatment Water Testing Water Quality



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Visit our PSL History Page




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Download our brochure
(trifold, 2-sided)


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Other Useful Links

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
      Division of Research Safety
      Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.
      Illinois State Geological Survey Hydrogeology Section
      Illinois Water Resources Center
      Material Safety Data Sheets

Illinois Department of Public Health
     Water Wells: Fact sheets, forms, and codes
     General Publications, including
     After the Flood (gives well disinfection instructions)

American Water Works Association

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Illinois Lake Management Association

Mississippi State University Extension Service
      General Publications
      Treatment Devices for Drinking Water

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
      Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
      Drinking Water and Health

"Fun" Water Pages
      Louisville (KY) Water Company's Funzone
      Questions and Answers from the USGS
      Drinking Water Activities for Kids and Teachers, from the US EPA
      Fun Facts & Water Trivia from the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer


Did You Know... Source For More Information
"Qanats," slightly sloping tunnels driven into hillsides containing groundwater and used to carry water to neaby towns, probably originated in northwestern Persia (now Armenia) around 700 B. C. Until 1933, Tehran, Iran, drew its entire water supply from a system of qanats. "On Tap", Spring 2001, Volume 1, Issue 1, page 18

For more information or to provide feedback about this page, please contact Brian Kaiser or Dan Webb.


PSL pages last modified February 4, 2009.