Skip to main content

Before the Wells Run Dry: Ensuring Sustainable Water Supplies for Illinois

  • October 13, 2009

Listen to audio

Listen to this recording of the Oct. 13, 2009, half-day forum, co-facilitated by Openlands and Metroplanning Planning Council, which examined recommendations for sustainable water supply planning. The event featured panel discussions on four topics paramount to Illinois' water future: reinventing infrastructure investment, linking land use planning and water supply analysis, spurring demand management solutions, and optimizing Illinois' Lake Michigan diversion.

The "Before the Wells Run Dry" forum was hosted by Drinker Biddle Gardner Carton and graciously sponsored by Illinois American Water and Christopher B. Burke Engineering.

| Share

Keywords

water, water funding, water shortages, water supply, water supply management, watershed recharge

Related

Karla Olson Teasley's Presentation at 11/17 Utilities Roundtable
On Nov. 17, MPC hosted the third event in its infrastructure roundtable series, All Systems Go: Engineering Sustainable Utility Solutions, which focused on water, gas, and power utilities. Karla Olson Teasley, MPC Resource Board member and President of Illinois American Water, presented Illinois'…
Before the Wells Run Dry: Ensuring Sustainable Water Supplies for Illinois
  • Publication
  • (4 MB)
  • Nov 19, 2009
This report recommends coordinated planning and implementation strategies that will capitalize on the work of the pilot regional planning groups, integrate regional plans with state and local practices, and ensure the long-term sustainability and efficient use of our finite, fragile water…
Executive Summary
Before the Wells Run Dry: Ensuring Sustainable Water Supplies for Illinois
  • Publication
  • (1 MB)
  • Nov 19, 2009
This report recommends coordinated planning and implementation strategies that will capitalize on the work of the pilot regional planning groups, integrate regional plans with state and local practices, and ensure the long-term sustainability and efficient use of our finite, fragile water…
Infrastructure, earmarks, Asian carp hot topics for Senatorial candidates at MPC luncheon
Illinois’ U.S. Senate candidates Alexi Giannoulias (D), Mark Kirk (R), and LeAlan Jones (Green) explained their plans for improving Illinois’ economy, infrastructure, communities and environment at the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) 2010 Annual Luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Chicago…
New year, big plans at MPC
Just weeks into a new decade, MPC staff already has plans – big and small – for how their work will help improve the metropolitan region in 2010. Kristi DeLaurentiis This year my resolution is to help foster linkages and promote collaboration between MPC and its partners throughout the…
More must be done to preserve water supply
This letter to the editor ran Dec. 7, 2009, in Crain's Chicago Business. Crain's recent coverage of projected water shortages in Northeastern Illinois drove home a fact many of us living near Lake Michigan are just beginning to realize: This region's water supply is valuable and limited, and we…
Growing blue: Water, economic development, and corporate stewardship
I do my best to conserve water at home. I try to be smart about actual water use—only running full loads of laundry, keeping a pitcher of water in the fridge so I don't have to wait for cold water, etc.—but I rent, so I'm not in a position to retrofit my apartment with too much in the…
Illinois American Water environmental grants available
MPC Research Assistant Dan McDonell wrote this post. Illinois American Water (IAW), a private water supplier serving parts of the greater Chicago area, has announced that it is accepting applications for its 2011 Environmental Grant Program to improve and protect local watersheds. Created in…
What Our Water's Worth: Lollapalooza offers lessons in water conservation
In September, MPC and Openlands will launch What Our Water's Worth, a multi-year campaign exploring the many ways in which we use, manage and value water. The initial goal is to raise awareness about the need to invest in, protect and conserve our invaluable water resources, ultimately leading to…

Most popular multimedia

  1. Gary and Region Investment Project fact sheet
    • Publication
    • (448 KB)
  2. A Fork in the River
    • Video
  3. Bus Rapid Transit: Chicago's New Route to Opportunity
    • Publication
    • (1 MB)
  4. Transportation for Livable Communities: A New Model for Selecting Investments
    • Presentation
  5. 2012 Plan for Prosperity: Innovative Solutions for the New Normal
    • Publication
    • (1 MB)

Most popular keywords

  1. suburbs
  2. Chicago
  3. tolls
  4. BRT
  5. pedestrian

Browse all keywords »
Metropolitan Planninc Council 140 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1400 Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 922-5616 phone (312) 922-5619 fax info@metroplanning.org
Helping create competitive, equitable, and sustainable communities

Since 1934, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has been dedicated to shaping a more sustainable and prosperous greater Chicago region. As an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, MPC serves communities and residents by developing, promoting and implementing solutions for sound regional growth. Read more about our work »

Current projects