Data Uses
Current uses of the data collected through the IWIP program include:
- Determination of community water supply usage
- Examination of groundwater level observations and groundwater withdrawals (for example, comparisons of potentiometric surface maps of the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system and pumpage from that aquifer system)
- Water use projections
- Comparisons of aquifer withdrawals to estimated aquifer recharge (use-to-yield mapping). See An Analysis of Groundwater Use to Aquifer Potential Yield in Illinois
- Regional groundwater modeling, such as performed for Kane County. See Water Resources Investigations for Kane County, Illinois
- Determination of groundwater use for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting Program
- Environmental impacts (for example, the impact of a toxic spill on aquifers or surface water)
- Impact of high-capacity wells on neighboring wells
- Publication in map form on the Arc/IMS portion of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) website.
