Water resources availability, quality, and cost in northeastern Illinois
This report summarizes extensive studies of the water resources of northeastern Illinois. This 3700-hundred square mile metropolitan-industrial area includes Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, Lake and Will Counties with a population of seven million persons.Water shortages, depending on resource use schemes, may approach 200 million gallons by the year 2000. Possibilities for meeting these needs are described as a guide to allocation of Lake Michigan water and future planning for water resources.