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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Water Survey are studying ways to halt degradation of the lake and the USDA Forest Service is helping with a study of public interests in recreation at Wolf Lake. [12] The Wolf Lake water level determines the drainage to Lake Michigan because the connecting Calumet River flows southward during ...
The channel begins at the Wilmette Pumping Station, where sluice gates are generally used to provide for a consistent water level in the channel by controlling water diversion from Lake Michigan, although the gates are opened during severe storm weather conditions to allow the channel to backflow into the lake in order to prevent downstream ...
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico ...
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Comptroller distributing turkeys Illinois State Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza and staff will distribute 150 turkeys and canned g. Winter outlook update The National Weather Service has released an ...
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a rate hike for Illinois American Water, but slashed the original request by 30% for an overall increase of $110 million. The utility, which services ...
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Illinois. The lakes are ordered by their unique names, (i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S"). Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.