R&D Data and Reports

Ambient Water Quality Monitoring (AWQM) Quality Assurance Project Plan (PDF File)

Report No. 08-15 Description of the Chicago Waterway System for the Use Attainability Analysis

Please send any requests for the AWQM Program to waterqualitydata@mwrd.org.

Water Quality Data 1970-2007 (1971 missing)

• 1970 Ambient Water Quality
• 1972 Ambient Water Quality
• 1973 Ambient Water Quality
• 1974 Ambient Water Quality
• 1975 Ambient Water Quality
• 1976 Ambient Water Quality
• 1977 Ambient Water Quality
• 1978 Ambient Water Quality
• 1979 Ambient Water Quality
• 1980 Ambient Water Quality
• 1981-1990 Ambient Water Quality
• 1991-2000 Ambient Water Quality
• Jan 2001 - July 2003 Waterway Ambient Water Quality
• Aug 2003 - Dec 2004 Waterway Ambient Water Quality
• 2005 Waterway Ambient Water Quality
• 2006 Waterway Ambient Water Quality
• 2007 Waterway Ambient Water Quality
• Waterways & Sonde Locations - Latitudes & Longitudes

Water Quality Reports

• Ambient Water Quality Exceedence Reports
• Report No. 06-83 2005 Annual Summary Report Water Quality within the Waterways System of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
• Report No. 07-38 2006 Annual Summary Report Water Quality within the Waterways System of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Sediment Quality Data and Reports

• 2002 - 2007 Chicago Water Inorganic Sediment Chemistry
• Report No. 08-2 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring in the Chicago Area Waterway System: A Summary of Biological, Habitat, and Sediment Quality Data Between 2001 and 2004
• Report No. 08-33 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring in the Chicago, Calumet, and Des Plaines River Systems: A Summary of Biological, Habitat, and Sediment Quality Data During 2005

Biological Data

• 2001-2004 Benthic Invertebrate Data Chicago and Calumet River Systems and Tributaries
• Cumulative Number of Fish Species from Chicago Waterway System 1974-2006
• Fish Data Chicago Area Waterways 2001-2005
• Benthic Invertebrate Data Chicago Area Waterways 2001-2004

Biological Reports

• Report No. 91-28 Fish Survey of the Chicago Waterway System During 1990
• Report No. 92-17 Fish Survey of the Chicago Waterway System During 1991
• Report No. 92-30 Fish and Midge Population Changes in Chicago Waterways Following Cessation of Wastewater Chlorination
• Report No. 98-10 Fish Chicago Waterway System 1974-1996
• Report No. 99-7 Biological Water Quality within the Calumet Waterway System During 1988
• Report No. 99-8 Biological Water Quality within the Calumet Waterway System During 1989
• Report No. 2000-8 Biological Data Des Plaines River 1992-1993
• Report No. 01-4 Fish North Branch Chicago River 1996-1997
• Report No. 03-6 Fish Salt Creek 1998-1999
• Report No. 04-1 Fish Benthos WB DuPage River 1994-1995
• Report No. 04-4 MWRD 2001-2002 Chicago Waterways Benthic Report
• Report No. 04-8 2003 Bubbly Creek Water Quality Improvement Demonstration Project
• Report No. 04-20, “Chlorophyll Monitoring in Chicago Area Waterways During 2002 and 2003
• MWRD 2005 Chicago Waterways Benthic Report
• Report No. 07-47 2003 and 2004 Chicago Waterways Benthic Report
• Report No. 08-2 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring in the Chicago Area Waterway System: A Summary of Biological, Habitat, and Sediment Quality Data Between 2001 and 2004
• Report No. 08-33 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring in the Chicago, Calumet, and Des Plaines River Systems: A Summary of Biological, Habitat, and Sediment Quality Data During 2005

Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring (CDOM) Program

CDOM Data

• AWQM-CDOM Combined Station Map
• CDOM Deep Draft Monitoring Station List
• CDOM Wadeable Monitoring Station List

CDOM Reports

• Report No. 02-11 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring from Wilmette to Lockport in the Chicago Waterway System during August 1998 through July 2000
• Report No. 04-06 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring from Wilmette to Joliet in the Chicago Waterway System during August 2000 through December 2001
• Report No. 04-18 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in the Chicago Waterway System during 2001-2002
• Report No.05-4 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in the Chicago Waterway System During 2003
• Report No. 05-11 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in the Chicago Waterway System During 2004
• Report 06-73 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in Chicago Area Wadeable Streams During 2005
• Report 06-74 Continuous DO Monitoring in the Deep-Draft Chicago Waterway System 2005
• Report No. 07-25 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in the Deep-Draft Chicago Waterway System During 2006
• Report No. 07-28 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in Chicago Area Wadeable Streams during 2006

Biosolids Data and Reports

• Biosolids Metals 2001
• Biosolids Metals 2002
• Biosolids Metals 2003
• Biosolids Metals 2004
• Biosolids Metals 2005
• Biosolids Metals 2006

Water Reclamation Plant Data

Final Effluents (list by WRP and year)

• Calumet Outfall 1982-89
• Calumet Outfall 1990-2000
• Calumet Outfall 2001-2008
• Egan Outfall 1982-89
• Egan Outfall 1990-2000
• Egan Outfall 2001-2008
• Hanover Park Outfall 001 1982-89
• Hanover Park Outfall 007 1982-89
• Hanover Park 007 Outfall 1990-2000
• Hanover Park Outfall 2001-2008
• Kirie Outfall 1982-89
• Kirie Outfall 1990-2000
• Kirie Outfall 2001-2008
• Lemont Outfall 1982-89
• Lemont Outfall 1990-2000
• Lemont Outfall 2001-2008
• North Side Outfall 001 1982-89
• North Side Outfall 1990-2000
• North Side Outfall 2001-2008
• Stickney Outfall 1982-89
• Stickney Outfall 1990-2000
• Stickney Outfall 2001-2008

Biomonitoring Reports

Raw Influents  (list by WRP and year)

• Calumet Raw 1982-89
• Calumet Raw 1990-2000
• Calumet Raw 2001-2008
• Egan Raw 1982-89
• Egan Raw 1990-2000
• Egan Raw 2001-2008
• Hanover Park Raw 1982-89
• Hanover Park Raw 1990-2000
• Hanover Park Raw 2001-2008
• Kirie Raw 1982-89
• Kirie Raw 1990-2000
• Kirie Raw 2001-2008
• Lemont Raw 1982-89
• Lemont Raw 1990-2000
• Lemont Raw 2001-2008
• North Side Raw 1982-89
• North Side Raw 1990-2000
• North Side Raw 2001-2008
• Southwest Raw 1982-89
• Southwest Raw 1990-2000
• Southwest Raw 2001-2008
• West Side Raw 1982-89
• West Side Raw 1990-2000
• West Side Raw 2001-2008

TARP Return Flow (list by plant and year)

• Calumet TARP 1988-2008
• Stickney TARP 1989-2008

Organic Compounds

• Calumet Organic Compounds 2002 - 2008
• EGAN Organic Compounds 2002 - 2008
• Hanover Park Organic Compounds 2002 - 2008
• Kirie Organic Compounds 2002 - 2008
• Lemont Organic Compounds 2002 - 2008
• Northside Organic Compounds 2002 - 2008
• Stickney Organic Compounds 2002 - 2008

Research Reports

• 1966 R&D Annual Report
• Report No. 06-15 Research and Development 2005 Annual Report
• Report No. 06-32 The Effect of Secondary Sewage Treatment on the Total Numbers and Percentages of Antibiotic Resistant Fecal Coliforms in Raw Sewage Entering the Seven Water Reclamation Plants of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
• Report No. 06-58 Radiological Monitoring of the Raw Sewage, Final Effluent, Sludges, and Biosolids of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 2005 Annual Report
• Report No. 07-2 Odor Monitoring Program at Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Facilities during 2005
• Report No. 07-22 Sampling and Analysis of Siloxane from the Digester Gas Line at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Part of Master Plan Project # 01-199-2P (Infrastructure and Process Needs Feasibility Study)
• Report No. 07-24 Salt Creek Phosphorus Reduction Demonstration Project Interim Report:  Pre-Phosphorus Reduction Conditions
• Report No. 07-48 Control, Reduction, and Utilization of Greenhouse Gases in Wastewater Treatment: Methane and Nitrous Oxide
• Report No. 07-61 Synergistic Inhibitory Effects of Heavy Metal Mixture on Activated Sludge Nitrification
• Report No. 07-69 Radiological Monitoring of the Raw Sewage, Final Effluent, Sludges, and Biosolids of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 2006 Annual Report
• Report No. 08-2 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring in the Chicago Area Waterway System:  A Summary of Biological, Habitat, and Sediment Quality Data Between 2001 and 2004
• Report 08-38 Salt Creek Phosphorus Reduction Demonstration Project Interim Report: Comparison of Pre- and Post-Phosphorus Reduction Conditions During 2005 - 2007
• Report 08-39 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in the Deep-Draft Chicago Waterway System During 2007

Illinois Waterways WQMP Data 1996 -2005

• Illinois Waterways Station Table
• Illinois Waterways Map

Data

• Illinois Waterways WQMP Data 1996 -2005

Reports

• Report No. 91-16-A Volume 1 Water and Sediment Quality - Illinois Waterway from Lockport to Peoria 1984 -1985
• Report No. 91-16-B Volume 2 Appendices Water and Sediment Quality - Illinois Waterway from Lockport to Peoria 1984 -1985
• Report No. 03-17 Water and Sediment Quality Along the Illinois Waterway from the Lockport Lock to the Peoria Lock during 2002
• Report No. 04-15 Water and Sediment Quality Along the Illinois Waterway from the Lockport Lock to the Peoria Lock During 2003
• Report No. 05-8 Water and Sediment Quality Along the Illinois Waterway from the Lockport Lock to the Peoria Lock During 2004
• Report No. 06-48 Water and Sediment Quality Along the Illinois Waterway from the Lockport Lock to the Peoria Lock During 2005  September 2006
• Report No. 07-39 Water and Sediment Quality Along the Illinois Waterway from the Lockport Lock to the Peoria Lock during 2006

Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Groundwater Monitoring Reports

• Report No. 06-42 2005 Calumet TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 06-43 2005 Thornton Reservoir TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 06-44 2005 O'Hare TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 06-45 2005 Mainstream TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 06-46 2005 Upper Des Plaines TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 06-47 2005 Des Plaines TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 07-41 2006 Calumet TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 07-42 2006 Des Plaines TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 07-43 2006 Mainstream TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 07-44 2006 O'Hare TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 07-45 2006 Thornton Reservoir TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Report No. 07-46 2006 Upper Des Plaines TARP Groundwater Monitoring Report