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Over half of the U.S. population relies on groundwater for drinking water [1] However, residential, municipal, commercial, industrial, and agricultural activities can all contaminate groundwater. [2]: C-2 In the event of contamination, a community's drinking water supply can develop poor quality or be lost altogether. Groundwater contamination ...
Groundwater pumping has altered historical groundwater flow in the Sankoty aquifer. The flat geography of the area leads to groundwater flows that are perpendicular to the Illinois River; however, municipal groundwater pumping in the Peoria, Illinois area and to a lesser degree agricultural pumping elsewhere over the aquifer has led to numerous ...
Use of groundwater, especially for irrigation, may also lower the water tables. Groundwater recharge is an important process for sustainable groundwater management, since the volume-rate abstracted from an aquifer in the long term should be less than or equal to the volume-rate that is recharged.
Groundwater banking is a water management mechanism designed to increase water supply reliability. [1] Groundwater can be created by using dewatered aquifer space to store water during the years when there is abundant rainfall .
The program exists to help promote “safe, decent housing for older adults in rural areas.” The grants can be used to remove safety hazards and health concerns within the home and are geared ...
However, prior appropriation does not always determine water allocation in these states because various federal regulations also have priority over senior users. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] For example, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 seeks to protect animals at risk of extinction, so a senior user's rights may be restricted in favor of federal regulation ...
The Illinois Bureau of the Budget projects that the population could increase to about 910,000 people by 2020. [ citation needed ] An estimated 100,000,000 US gallons (380,000 kL) per day of groundwater is pumped from the aquifer to supply municipal, agricultural, commercial, industrial, and rural domestic users (Larson et al., 2003).
The MWRD and University of Illinois at Chicago developed a new energy source using an $87,500 grant provided by the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation in 2010; the funding helps to cover the total $175,000 cost. The partnership resulted in significant energy and cost savings at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant (WRP).