Web Resources
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Government Agencies
The US Environmental Protection Agency maintains a marvelous automatic
mapping interface for locating sources of water and other pollution and
runoff.
Watershed pollution
map homepage
Environmental
data home page
Enviromapper
home page
Direct access to any county
in Illinios
US Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov
USEPA Office of Water: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS
EPA Region 5 drinking water: http://www.epa.gov/r5water
Final Action Plan for hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.state.il.us
U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov
Information on the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the NPDES permitting program: http://www.epa.gov/npdes
Private Organizations
The Nature Conservancy: http://www.tnc.org
Environmental Working Group: http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/water/water.html
Salt Creek Singletrack Society: http://www.1track.org
Kankakee Outdoors: http://www.kankakeeoutdoors.com
Searchable Databases
EPA Illinois Permit Database: http://www.epa.gov/ARD-R5/permits/ilonline.htm
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