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D. C. Voelker
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Water-quality data from the observation-well network in Illinois, 1985-87
The report presents water-quality and well-site information for public water-supply wells in Illinois. These wells were sampled during the period January 1985 through June 1987 as part of an ongoing cooperative ground-water observation network in the State. Water-quality data are tabulated for physical parameters, nutrients, common constituents, metals, phenols, cyanide, and volative organic compounds. A subnetwork of wells also have data on several pesticides and herbicides. Some well-site information is also presented in this report.
U.S. Geological Survey ground-water studies in Illinois
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Illinois ground-water quality
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Observation-well network in Illinois, 1984
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A gazetteer of surface-mine lakes, Eastern Interior Coal Province, Illinois
Hundreds of lakes have been formed as a result of surface mining in Area 35 of the Eastern Interior Coal Province in Illinois. This gazetteer contains physical and chemical data from 107 surface-mine lakes sampled from June through August 1983. Information collected includes location, morphology, and vertical profile measurements of water quality of the lakes. Sampled lakes range in size from 8.8 to 210 acres, and are from 4.0 to 92.0 feet deep. Maximum widths range from 0.03 to 0.35 mile, and maximum lengths range from 0.27 to 3.08 miles. Some lake waters were stratified, whereas others were completely mixed. General water quality differed widely among the lakes. Specific conductances ranged from 130 to 7,800 micromhos per centimeter (at 25 degrees Celsius). Specific conductances of 2 ,000 to 5,000 micromhos per centimeter were most prevalent. The pH values ranged from 1.8 to 9.6 at the surface, whereas bottom measurements ranged from 2.0 to 8.5. Water temperatures near the surface ranged from 22.5 degrees Celsius in June to 34.5 degrees Celsius in August. Dissolved-oxygen concentrations differed greatly among the lakes; concentrations near the surface ranged from 6.0 to 13.2 milligrams per liter. Transparencies ranged from 0.3 to 35.4 feet. (USGS)