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Watershed-based Planning
This Watershed-based Planning presentation provides an overview of the following topics.
- What is a watershed?
- What is a Watershed-based Plan?
- Why Write a Watershed-based Plan?
- What's in a Watershed-based Plan?
- Where can you learn more?
Guidance Documents
- A QUICK GUIDE to Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters
- Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters
- Guidance For Developing Watershed Action Plans in Illinois:
- USEPA watershed-based plan guidance found in Appendix C of the Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories dated April 12, 2013
- Critical Source Area Identification and BMP Selection: Supplement to Watershed Planning Handbook
Historic Watershed Planning Guidance Documents:
Load Estimation / Modeling
Additional Resources
- Illinois Watershed-Based Plan or Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan Joint Evaluation Form
- IEPA 2020/2022 Integrated Report Web App (Interactive Map)
- Resource Management Mapping Service (Interactive Map)
(*The RMMS site is optimized for Chrome. Some features may not work in other browsers.) - Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) Toolbox
- Watershed Academy
- How's My Waterway
- Water Quality Assessment and TMDL Information
- Watershed Index Online
- Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load Tracking and Implementation System (ATTAINS)
- WATERS GeoViewer
- Section 319(h) – Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Financial Assistance Program
- Section 604b Water Quality Management Planning Grant Program
- Watershed-based Planning Conference November 30, 2017
Watershed-based Plans in Illinois
The Illinois EPA recommends that watershed-based plans be reviewed ten years after the plan’s development to assess if any revisions should be considered. Older watershed-based plans, although listed below, may not meet the current expectations of a watershed-based plan.
| Title of Plan | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Mill Creek Watershed Plan | 01/31/2023 |
| Piasa Creek Watershed Plan |
12/01/2020 |
| Wood River Watershed Plan |
12/01/2020 |
| Upper Macoupin Creek Watershed Plan | 11/12/2019 |
East Fork Creek Watershed Resource Inventory and Watershed Plan |
09/30/2019 |
| Pond Creek Watershed-based Plan | 09/01/2019 |
| Mill Creek Watershed-based Plan | 09/01/2019 |
| Friends Creek Resource Inventory and Plan | 07/01/2019 |
| Lower Salt Creek Watershed-based Plan | 12/31/2018 |
| Canteen Creek - Cahokia Creek Watershed Plan | 12/01/2018 |
| Indian Creek - Cahokia Creek Watershed Plan | 12/01/2018 |
| Lake Creek Watershed-based Plan |
11/01/2018 |
| Lower Des Plaines River Watershed-based Plan |
10/31/2018 |
| Poplar Creek Watershed-based Plan |
10/31/2018 |
| Galena River Watershed-based Plan: Phase 1 |
09/30/2018 |
| Upper Kaskaskia River Watershed TMDL Report |
09/01/2018 |
| Lower Silver Creek Watershed-Based Plan |
09/01/2018 |
| Des Plaines River Watershed-Based Plan |
06/01/2018 |
| Copperas Creek Watershed Based Plan |
06/01/2018 |
| Otter Lake Watershed Implementation Plan |
04/18/2018 |
| Flint Creek Watershed-based Plan Update |
03/01/2018 |
| Prairie Creek/Langan Creek Watershed Implementation Plan |
01/01/2018 |
| Upper Cache River Watershed Implementation Plan 2017 |
12/31/2017 |
12/20/2017 |
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12/20/2017 |
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2017 |
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08/01/2017 |
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08/01/2017 |
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08/01/2017 |
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08/01/2017 |
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08/01/2017 |
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State Street Creek and 7th Avenue Creek Watershed-based Plan |
04/01/2017 |
03/28/2017 |
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11/01/2016 |
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09/01/2016 |
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07/15/2016 |
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07/01/2016 |
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3/1/2016 |
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12/1/2015 |
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11/1/2015 |
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11/1/2015 |
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12/1/2014 |
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10/31/2014 |
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8/31/2014 |
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8/31/2014 |
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East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River Watershed-based Plan |
7/15/2014 |
7/1/2014 |
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6/1/2014 |
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4/8/2014 |
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3/31/2014 |
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7/31/2013 |
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7/31/2013 |
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1/1/2013 |
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12/19/2012 |
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9/1/2012 |
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12/31/2011 |
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12/30/2011 |
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12/1/2011 |
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11/1/2011 |
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10/1/2011 |
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9/30/2011 |
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Cedar Lake Watershed Needs Evaluation |
8/1/2011 |
7/1/2011 |
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6/1/2011 |
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6/1/2011 |
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12/16/2010 |
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Crystal Lake Clean Lakes Phase 1 Protection Plan |
9/1/2010 |
6/1/2009 |
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Staunton Lake Phase 1 Diagnostic Feasibility Study |
5/1/2009 |
4/1/2009 |
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Rock River Ravines Watershed Plan 2008 |
12/1/2008 |
11/1/2008 |
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Dead River Watershed - Based Plan |
9/1/2008 |
9/1/2008 |
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Kellogg Creek Watershed - Based Plan |
9/1/2008 |
9/1/2008 |
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Big Bureau Creek Watershed Based Plan |
8/5/2008 |
Greater Bear Creek Area Watershed Plan |
7/1/2008 |
Spring Lake Watershed Plan |
7/1/2008 |
Evergreen Lake Watershed Plan |
7/1/2008 |
Lower Part of the Upper Sangamon River Watershed Resource Plan |
6/25/2008 |
Lake Bloomington Watershed Plan |
6/17/2008 |
Watershed Implementation Plan for Lake Vermilion and the North Fork Vermilion River |
6/1/2008 |
North Branch Chicago River Watershed-Based Plan for Lake and Cook Counties, Illinois |
5/22/2008 |
Mary’s River/North Fork Cox Creek TMDL Implementation Plan |
4/3/2008 |
Fish Lake Drain Watershed Management Plan |
4/1/2008 |
Bull Creek/Bulls Brook Watershed-Based Plan |
3/31/2008 |
Shoal Creek Watershed TMDL Implementation Plan |
3/17/2008 |
Crab Orchard Creek Watershed TMDL Implementation Plan |
3/6/2008 |
Georgetown Lake TMDL Implementation Plan |
3/4/2008 |
The Tyler Creek Watershed Plan |
3/1/2008 |
South Fork Saline River/Lake of Egypt Watershed TMDL Report |
2/28/2008 |
Paris Twin Lakes TMDL Implementation Plan |
2/28/2008 |
The Nippersink Creek Watershed Plan |
2/1/2008 |
Cedar Creek/Cedar Lake TMDL Implementation Plan |
2/1/2008 |
Upper DuPage River Watershed Plan |
12/31/2007 |
Flint Creek Watershed-Based Plan |
12/31/2007 |
Waukegan River Watershed Plan |
12/31/2007 |
Lake Carlinville Watershed Plan & Phase 1 Study |
12/1/2007 |
South Fork Sangamon River/Lake Taylorville Watershed TMDL Report |
12/1/2007 |
Bay Creek Watershed TMDL Report |
11/1/2007 |
Eagle Creek Watershed Plan |
8/11/2007 |
Cahokia Creek/ Holiday Shores Lake Watershed TMDL Report |
8/1/2007 |
East Fork LaMoine River Watershed TMDL Report |
8/1/2007 |
Poplar Creek Watershed Action Plan |
7/1/2007 |
Clinton Lake Watershed Management Plan |
6/29/2007 |
Watershed Implementation Plan for the Upper Salt Fork of the Vermilion River |
5/1/2007 |
TMDL Implementation Plan Macoupin Creek Watershed |
2/1/2007 |
Mauvaise Terre Creek Watershed TMDL Implementation Plan |
12/1/2006 |
Rayse Creek Watershed Management Plan |
11/30/2006 |
Hodges Creek Watershed TMDL Implementation Plan |
11/1/2006 |
Kinkaid Lake Phase 1 Diagnostic/Feasibility Study |
9/1/2006 |
Glenn Shoals Lake Phase 1 Diagnostic Feasibility Study |
9/1/2006 |
Indian Creek Watershed Plan |
6/1/2006 |
Raccoon Lake Phase 1 Diagnostic Feasibility Study |
6/1/2006 |
Kinmundy Old Reservoir Phase 1 Diagnostic & Feasibility Study |
9/1/2005 |
Patriots Park Lake Phase 1 Diagnostic Feasibility Study |
6/1/2005 |
Dutchman Creek TMDL Report |
10/1/2004 |
Casey Fork TMDL Report |
10/1/2004 |
Vandalia Lake TMDL Report |
10/1/2004 |
Sequoit Creek Watershed Plan |
7/1/2004 |
Beaucoup Creek TMDL Report |
6/1/2004 |
Squaw Creek Watershed Management Plan |
5/1/2004 |
Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Fox River |
4/1/2004 |
Lake Paradise Phase 1 Diagnostic/Feasibility Study |
3/1/2004 |
Campus LakePhase 1 Diagnostic/Feasibility Study |
3/1/2004 |
Tenmile Creek Watershed Restoration Plan |
1/1/2004 |
Partridge Creek Watershed Restoration Plan |
1/1/2004 |
Ackerman Creek Watershed Restoration Plan |
1/1/2004 |