Groundwater Protection Program in McHenry County

$280,000 is requested to help fund implementation of the McHenry County Groundwater Protection Program.  This program uniquely seeks to address protection of the quantity and quality of the groundwater resources, the sole source of drinking water for all of McHenry County.   Information gained from this project will benefit the local governments, the 11-county Regional Water Supply Planning Groups, and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning by providing a more complete description of the available groundwater resources.

Recipient of the funding is the U.S. Geologic Survey, 1201 W. University Avenue, Suite 100, Urbana, IL 61801. Contact is Doug Yeskis, Director of the Illinois Water Science Center.