| Projects related to the Mahomet Aquifer (1990-2007) | |||||||||||
| (projects appear in approximate chronological order, most recent projects appear first) | |||||||||||
| Project Name | Project Focus (G= geology, H= hydrology, WQ= water quality) | Project start date | Project end date | Principal Investigators | Budget | Funding Source (L= local, S= state, F= federal) | Sponsor | In-kind support | Counties included in study | Products | County or local funding |
| Improving the Groundwater Flow Model of the Mahomet Aquifer including Geological Mapping & Geophysical Exploration in Champaign County | G, H | Apr-07 | Mar-10 | Dey & Stumpf (ISGS); Roadcap & Wehrmann (ISWS) | $600,000 | L | Illinois American Water Co. | Piatt, Champaign | |||
| NAWQA Ground-water source water-quality assessment | WQ | Oct-06 | Sep-07 | Mills, Morrow, Groschen (USGS) | $80,000 | F | USGS | 14 (?) counties | Planned report | ||
| Executive Order 2006-1/ Regional Water Supply Planning Committee | planning | Jul-06 | Jun-09 | MAC | $300,000 | S | IDNR/OWR | 15 counties | |||
| Executive Order 2006-1/ IDNR Support for Regional Water Supply Planning Committees | planning | Jul-06 | Jun-09 | ISGS & ISWS | S | IDNR/OWR | 15 counties | ||||
| Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Mahomet and Glasford Aquifers in Champaign County | G, H | Nov-05 | May-07 | Roadcap & Wilson (ISWS), Larson & Mehnert (ISGS) | $80,808 | L | Illinois American Water Co. | $20,000 | Piatt, Champaign | IAWC = 80808 | |
| Development of an Automated Groundwater Level Observation Program for the IVWA | H | Dec-04 | Aug-06 | Wilson (ISWS) | $15,000 | L | Imperial Valley Water Authority | $13,000 | Mason, Tazewell | Mason, Tazewell = 26000 | |
| IBHE Year 2 - Geophysics | G | Jul-02 | Jul-03 | T. Larson, Pugin, S. Sargent (ISGS) | $150,000 | S | IBHE | Piatt, Champaign | |||
| Imperial Valley Water Use Project | H | Apr-02 | Oct-02 | Avery (USGS) | $13,000 | L | Imperial Valley Water Authority | $10,000 | Mason, Tazewell | Mason= 9750 Tazewell=3250 | |
| Aquifer Test near Hog Chute Bridge | H | Apr-02 | Sep-03 | Wilson & Roadcap (ISWS) | $30,000 | L | City of Decatur & Mahomet Valley Water Authority | Piatt | ISWS CR2001-11 | ||
| Arsenic Removal Assessment | WQ | Apr-02 | Oct-03 | Holm, Wilson, & Kelly (ISWS) | $49,661 | F | MTAC | All | ISWS CR 2006-07 & ISWS CR 2006-08 | ||
| Arsenic Assessment of Domestic Wells in Champaign & Tazewell Counties | WQ | Sep-01 | Feb-03 | Kelly, Holm, Wilson, & Roadcap (ISWS) | $74,833 | S | IWMRC | Champaign, Tazewell | WMRC RR-107 | ||
| IBHE Year 1 - Geophysics | G | Jul-01 | Jul-02 | T. Larson, Pugin, S. Sargent (ISGS) | $150,000 | S | IBHE | Piatt | |||
| Review of Decatur GW Flow Model | H | Jan-01 | 2001 | Wilson & Roadcap (ISWS) | $8,800 | L | City of Decatur | Piatt, Macon, Champaign | ISWS CR 2001-11 | Macon= 8800 | |
| Drilling and Observation Well Construction in Piatt County | G, H, WQ | Jun-00 | Jun-00 | Burch (ISWS) | $20,000 | S | Aquifer Assessment | Piatt | |||
| Throat of the Mahomet Aquifer Water Quality Assessment | WQ | Jun-00 | Jul-03 | Kelly, Holm, & Wilson (ISWS) | $6,000 | S | Aquifer Assessment | DeWitt, Piatt | |||
| Decline in Specific Capacity in the western Champaign Well Field-- Phase 2 | G | Apr-99 | Dec-99 | Mehnert, Hackley, D. Larson, Panno (ISGS) | $110,000 | L | Northern Illinois Water Corp | $20,000 | Champaign | ISGS Circular 566 | Champaign= 110000 |
| McLean-Tazewell Ob-Well Network | H | Feb-99 | Jan-05 | Wilson (ISWS) | $22,566 | L | Long-Range Water Plan Steering Committee | McLean, Tazewell | ISWS/ISGS Coop 19 | McLean= $21635 | |
| DeWitt-Piatt Co. Ob-Well Network Design | H | Jan-99 | 1999 | Anliker (ISWS) | $62,000 | L | Mahomet Valley Water Authority | DeWitt, Piatt, Macon | ISWS CR 642 | DeWitt= 31,000 Piatt= 31,000 | |
| 2D, Inverse Groundwater Flow Model of the Entire Mahomet Aquifer | H | Jan-99 | 2000 | Heidari (ISWS) | $0 | S | ISWS | $40,000 | all | ||
| MAC Technical Support | Nov-98 | current | Mehnert (ISGS), Warner (USGS), Wehrmann (ISWS) | $0 | S & F | none | $21,635 | all | |||
| Decline in Specific Capacity in the western Champaign Well Field-- Phase 1 | G | Jun-98 | Aug-98 | Mehnert, Hackley, D. Larson, Panno (ISGS) | $19,300 | L | Northern Illinois Water Corp | $10,000 | Champaign | ISGS OFS 1999-5 | Champaign= 19300 |
| Arsenic Occurrence & Distribution in the Central Mahomet Aquifer | WQ | Oct-97 | Oct-01 | Warner (USGS) | $100,000 | F | USGS | Champaign, Ford, Piatt, DeWitt, Macon, McLean, Logan | Ground Water, V39, No 3, 433-442; USGS WRI 03-4103 | ||
| Land-use Impacts on Shallow (<100 ft) GW in the area of the Mahomet Buried Bedrock Valley | WQ | Oct-96 | Oct-00 | Groschen (USGS), Warner (USGS), Morrow (USGS) | $500,000 | F | USGS | Champaign, Ford, Piatt, DeWitt, Macon, McLean, Logan | USGS Circular 1209, JAWRA paper in press | ||
| DeWitt-Piatt Co. Groundwater Geology Phase 2 | G | Jan-96 | Jun-00 | D. Larson & Herzog (ISGS) | $206,500 | L | Mahomet Valley Water Authority | $100,000 | DeWitt, Piatt, Macon | ISGS EG 155 | DeWitt= 103,250 Piatt= 103,250 |
| Mason-Tazewell Counties Precipitation & Water Level Networks | H | Jan-96 | current | Wilson, Wehrmann, others (ISWS) | $241,489 | L | Imperial Valley Water Authority | Mason, Tazewell | ISWS CR 597, 615, 625, 646, 2000-12, 2001-15, 2002-07 | Mason= 181117 Tazewell= 60372 | |
| Danville Supplemental Water Supply | G, H | Jun-95 | 1997 | D. Larson (ISGS), J. Kempton (ISGS), S. Meyer (ISWS) | $0 | S | $107,292 | Vermilion | ISGS/ISWS Coop 18 | ||
| Groundwater Quality Assessment of the Mahomet Aquifer | WQ | Jan-95 | 1995 | Holm (ISWS) | $82,000 | S | EPTF | McLean, Logan, Tazewell | ISWS CR-579 | ||
| National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) - water quality in the deep glacial drift aquifer (Mahomet Aquifer) | WQ | Oct-94 | current | Groschen (USGS), Warner (USGS), Morrow (USGS) | $300,000 | F | USGS | Champaign, Ford, Piatt, DeWitt, Macon, McLean, Logan | USGS Circular 1209 | ||
| Drilling and Observation Well Construction in Mahomet East | G, H, WQ | Jul-94 | Jul-98 | Burch (ISWS) | $300,000 | S | Aquifer Assessment | Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion | |||
| Groundwater Flow Modeling in Northern Vermilion County | G, H | Jul-94 | May-95 | A. Marsh (UI), Roadcap (ISWS) | $3,000 | L | Consumers Illinois Water | Vermilion | MS Thesis, UIUC, Civil Engineering | Vermilion= 3000 | |
| DeWitt-Piatt Co. Groundwater Geology Phase 1 | G | Jul-94 | Sep-96 | B. Herzog (ISGS), J. Kempton (ISGS) | $18,000 | L | Mahomet Valley Water Authority | $15,000 | DeWitt, Piatt, Macon | ISGS OFS 1996-9 | DeWitt= 9,000 Piatt= 9,000 |
| McLean-Tazewell (McTaz) Study | G, H | May-93 | Sep-98 | D. Larson (ISGS), Herzog (ISGS), Wilson (ISWS), Roadcap (ISWS), Farnsworth & Wylie (drilling) | $750,000 | L | Long-Range Water Plan Steering Committee | $150,000 | McLean, Tazewell | ISWS/ISGS Coops 17, 17A & 19 | McLean= $750000 |
| DeWitt-Piatt Co. Water Level Mapping | H | Jan-93 | 1995 | Anliker (ISWS), Sanderson (ISWS) | $185,000 | L | Mahomet Valley Water Authority | DeWitt, Piatt | ISWS CR 589 | DeWitt= 92,500 Piatt= 92,500 | |
| Confluence of the Mackinaw & Mahomet Bedrock Valleys/ Aquifer Assessment | H | Jan-92 | 1994 | Wilson (ISWS), Kempton (ISGS), Lott (ISWS) | $141,575 | S | Aquifer Assessment & IDNR/OWR | ISWS/ISGS Coop 16 | |||
| 3-D Mapping of East-Central Illinois | G | Jan-91 | 1996 | Soller (USGS), Kempton (ISGS), Berg (ISGS) | $135,636 | F | USGS | $100,000 | Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, Logan, Macon, McLean, Piatt, Sangamon, Tazewell, Vermilion | USGS Investigations Series Map I-2669 | |
| Geochemistry of the Mahomet Aquifer | WQ | Nov-90 | current | Panno (ISGS), Hackley (ISGS) | $46,000 | S | U of I, IDNR- EPTF, IBHE. | $250,000 | Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, Logan, Macon, McLean, Piatt, Tazewell, Vermilion | Ground Water V32 No4, 591-604 | |
| TOTAL FUNDING | $4,201,168 | Total In-Kind | $856,926 | ||||||||
| Total Local Funding | $2,401,908 | mostly State GRF | |||||||||
| Total State Funding | $1,367,960 | ||||||||||
| Total Federal Funding | $431,300 | ||||||||||