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State Water Plan Task Force

2022 Illinois State Water Plan: (Link to Report)

Information Summary Sheet for State Water Plan ( ENG PDF / SPA PDF )
2023 State Water Plan Annual Summary Update (Link to the Summary)
2023 Recommendation Status Update (Link to the Status)

Future Task Force Meetings

January 6, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual
April 7, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual
July 14, 2025 at 1:30PM - Virtual

Virtual Meetings – WebEx Link

Past Meeting Details

State Water Plan Implementation Progress Summary

Progress	Statistics (updated 10/21/24)
146	Total Recommnedations
67	Recommendations Started
31.4%	Average Progression If Started
14.4%	Average Progression Overall
8	Sections Reporting
3	Recommendations Completed

Plan Implementation Highlights from this Quarter

Integrated Water Management #2 - Codification of State Water Plan Task Force: SB2743 has been signed into law.

State Water Plan Contacts

For general questions relating to the State Water Plan or the State Water Plan Task Force, please contact Wes Cattoor at wes.cattoor@illinois.gov or 217-782-4847.

The critical issues, lead agencies and contact information are shown in the table below.

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#	Issue	Lead Agency	Lead Individual	Email
1	Water Quality	IEPA	Jeff Edstrom	jeffrey.edstrom@illinois.gov
2	Climate Change	ISWS	Dave Kristovich	dkristo@illinois.edu
3	Integrated Water Management	OWR	Loren Wobig	Loren.Wobig@illinois.gov
4	Long Term Funding	IEPA	Nidhan Singh	Nidhan.Singh@Illinois.gov
5	Water Sustainability	OWR	Wei Han	wei.han2@illinois.gov
6	Lake Michigan	OWR	Meg Kelly	Meg.Kelly@Illinois.gov
7	Flood Damage Mitigation	OWR	Terra McParland	terra.mcparland.@illinois.gov
8	Aquatic & Riparian Habitat	ORC	Brian Metzke	brian.metzke@illinois.gov
9	Water Use Laws & Regulations	OWR	Steve Altman	steve.altman@illinois.gov
10	Navigation	IDOT	Brian McCoy	Brian.McCoy@illinois.gov
11	Erosion & Sedimentation	DOA	Brian Rennecke	brian.rennecker@illinois.gov
12	Data Management	ISWS	Laura Keefer	lkeefer@illinois.edu
13	Recreation	ORC	Mike McClelland	michael.mcclelland@illinois.gov

Plan Development

Published Documents