ILLINOIS WATER SCIENCE CENTER HIGHLIGHTS

National Highlights

• Lake Michigan Part of Pilot Phase of Water-Monitoring Network (posted 5/07)

• Streamflow and Nutrient Delivery from the Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico

• First Annual Streamflow Summary Available (posted 1/07)

• Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Water Resources Receives the 2006 John Wesley Powell Award (posted 11/06)

• Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

• The Great Flood of 1993 on the Upper Mississippi River--10 Years Later

• National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Streams of the U.S., 1999-2000

• Drinking Water Priority Rulemaking for Arsenic

• USGS Drinking Water Programs 

• Midwest Earthquake Activity

Illinois Highlights

• Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake hits southeast Illinois, April 18, 2008

• USGS "Flood Chasers" Interviewed for NPR's Morning Edition, April 18, 2008

• Game Fish Advisory Issued for Illinois

• Drought Watch for Illinois

• Hydrologic Conditions for Illinois

• Current Illinois Flooding

• Lake Michigan Diversion

• Radium in Ground Water

• Arsenic in Drinking Water