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Committees: Watershed Management
Committee Mission:
IWEA's Watershed Management Committee focuses on recommending, developing, and conducting activities to broaden the understanding of watershed management and preserving and enhancing the Illinois water environment.The Committee organizes workshops for IWEA members, regulatory agencies, and local watershed organizations to collaborate on current water quality challenges and share ideas and information. The Committee also produces regular "From the Shed" articles for the quarterly IWEA Clarifier newsletter, and hosts a web-based clearinghouse for connecting Illinois watershed groups with each other. The IWEA Watershed Management Committee serves as a bridge to the Water Environment Federation (WEF)'s Watershed Management Committee.
Committee Activities:
Illinois Watershed Group Overviews
The Committee provides information about Illinois watershed groups to others interested in watershed management. These statewide watershed groups work within their local watersheds to improve water quality through public education implementation projects, monitoring and assessment, and advocacy.The information provided for each watershed group includes:
- Water quality issues
- Implementation measures and achievements
- Contact information
- Other general information
For further information or to add your watershed group to the list, plese contact Scott Banjavcic by e-mail at banjavcics@cdm.com or Gunilla Goulding at ggoulding@pirnie.com
Click here to see Illinois watershed group overviews prepared by the IWEA Watershed Management Committee.
IWEA Watershed Management Symposium
The Committee plans and hosts an annual Watershed Management Symposium, currently held in conjunction with IWEA's Annual Conference. Illinois has several organized watershed groups with similar goals and similar challenges, yet with some unique situations and approaches. The Watershed Management Symposium has been developed as an annual venue for these groups to convene and highlight efforts, successes and challenges, share unique experiences, transfer information, and take knowledge back to the watersheds.The Symposium is the forum for hearing the most up to date information on Illinois watershed management from regulating government agencies and well-developed Illinois watershed organizations. Symposium topics include current water quality challenges and implementation projects, funding, regulation updates, and new available resources.
Over 75 people attended the March 23, 2011 Watershed symposium. You can access copies of the presentation slides by clicking on the links below.
IEPA - Integrated Water Quality Reporting
IEPA - Water Quality Standards Update
IEPA - TMDL & 319 Grant Program Update
Lake Springfield Watershed Management Partnership
Committee Members:
Dan Bounds, CDM Smith (Committee Chair)
Scott Banjavcic, CDM
Gunilla Goulding, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Stephen McCracken, The Conservation Foundation
Gary Smith, City of Elmhurst
Rob Swanson, DuPage County
Scott Tomkins, Illinois EPA
Amy Burns Walkenbach, Illinois EPA
Steve Zehner, Robinson Engineering (Committee Vice-Chair)For further information or to join the committee, please contact Dan Bounds by phone at (312) 346-5000 or by e-mail at boundsdg@cdmsmith.com