Summer

• Water Conservation: Watering Schedule (Source: City of Woodstock website)
• Functions and Values of Wetlands (Source: Village of Algonquin, Fall 2007 Newsletter)
• 20 Ways to Save Water from BoulderSavesWater.net 
• Septic Systems (1.34 MB)
• Car Care for Cleaner Water
• How Can Homeowners Protect and Conserve Water Resources? (2.01MB)
• Protecting Water Resources Through Conservation (2.19 MB)
• Rainwater collectors work to ease shortages

Fall

• Detention Basin Naturalization (Source: Village of Algonquin Summer 2007 Newsletter)  

• Energy versus Water: Solving Both Crises Together (Source: Scientific American)

Winter

• Salt on Earth

• Illegal Chemical Disposal (Source: City of Harvard Fall 2007 Newsletter)

• Do you have a water leak? (Source: City of McHenry Public Works website)

• Water Conservation Tips (Source: Village of Fox River Grove Summer 2007 Newsletter)

• The Environmental Reasons for Recycling (Source: Algonqin Township Website)

Spring

• Cattail Chronicles: Issues Affecting the Surface Waters of Lake County

• Rain Gardens, A how-to manual for homeowners (2.98 MB)

• Good To The Last Drop: Rain Gardens.

• Landscaping and Xeriscape: (Source: City of Crystal Lake Public Works website)

• Water Wise: Irrigation (Source: City of Crystal Lake Public Works website)

• Mulch to Save Water (Source: Village of Fox River Grove, Summer 2007 Newsletter)

General

• Land Use Planning and Zoning (2.29 MB)
• Developers (1.67 MB)
• Low Impact Development (1.03 MB)
• Watershed Planning (1.50 MB)
• Meeting Future Water Needs in Illinois (879k) 1/9/2006
• Changing Course: Recommendations for Balancing Regional Growth and Water Resources in Northeastern Illinois (1745k) 12/16/2004