Web Resources

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Government Agencies

The US Environmental Protection Agency maintains a marvelous automatic mapping interface for locating sources of water and other pollution and runoff.
  • Watershed pollution map homepage
  • Environmental data home page
  • Enviromapper home page
  • Direct access to any county in Illinios
    • US Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov
    USEPA Office of Water: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS
    EPA Region 5 drinking water: http://www.epa.gov/r5water
    Final Action Plan for hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/

    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.state.il.us
    U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov
    Information on the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the NPDES permitting program: http://www.epa.gov/npdes
     

    Private Organizations

    The Nature Conservancy: http://www.tnc.org
    Environmental Working Group: http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/water/water.html
    Salt Creek Singletrack Society: http://www.1track.org
    Kankakee Outdoors: http://www.kankakeeoutdoors.com
     

    Searchable Databases

    EPA Illinois Permit Database: http://www.epa.gov/ARD-R5/permits/ilonline.htm