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May 9, 2019 Membership Meeting

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions
• Approve: Staff to finalize contract negotiations with Midwest Biodiversity

Institute for 2019 Bioassessment

• Approve: Staff to finalize contract negotiations with Microbac Laboratory for

2019 sample analysis

• Presentation – Effects of Improved Water Quality on Fish Assemblages and

Sport Fishery of the Des Plaines River and Implications of Proposed Invasive Fish Barrier at Brandon Lock – By Steve Pescitelli, Region 2 Stream Specialist

• Chloride Time-Limited Water Quality Standard update
• Overview of 2019 Spring Outreach Campaign materials
• Will County Groundwater Study Update
• Membership Update

• Village of Channahon
• City of Crest Hill
• Village of Elwood
• Exxon Mobil
• Village of Frankfort
• Cook County Forest Preserve

District

• Village of Hinsdale
• Illinois American Water
• City of Joliet
• Village of Lockport
• MWRDGC
• Village of Manhattan
• Village of New Lenox
• New Lenox Township
• Village of Romeoville
• Village of Western Springs
• Village of Westmont
• Will County

Current Members

2018-2022 Monitoring Budget – Planning Purposes Only

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total Budget income $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $1,000,000 Working budget $260,000 $260,000 $240,000 $240,000 $1,000,000 Chemistry $68,263 $78,000 $73,000 $74,000 $293,263 MBI $189,000 $195,000 $162,250 $162,250 $714,500 Total $257,263 $264,500 $242,250 $226,250 $1,007763

Bioassessment 2019 22 mainstem & 11 tributary stations

• 1. Assist in Quality Assurance Project Plan development
• 2. Collect Fish and Macroinvertebrates
• 3. Complete Qualitative Habitat Evaluation (QHEI)
• 4. Collect water and sediment samples to be analyzed by lab
• 5. Collect dissolved oxygen and benthic chlorophyll a
• 6. Compile and analyze all collected and available data
• 7. Write report for 2018 & 2019 assessment
• 8. Need approval to negotiate contract up to $195,000 for MBI

Bioassessment 2019 Expanded Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring

• 1. Sampling can occur when we have warm/hot conditions with no

rain in previous 48 hours and have relatively low flow conditions

• 2. 4-5 day deployment of DO meters at 7-14 sites based on weather
• 3. Benthic chlorophyll a samples will be collected
• 4. 2 rounds of expanded nutrient sampling will occur while DO probes

are deployed

• 5. Samples will be analyzed by First Environmental Labs in Naperville

due to shortened hold times for samples

• 6. This will be completed with a combination of MBI and TCF staff

• 5 Day BOD
• 5 Day CBOD
• Total Suspended Solids
• Total Dissolved Solids
• Chloride
• Conductivity
• Total Organic Carbon
• Total Dissolved Carbon
• Ammonia
• N-NO2
• N-NO3
• TKN
• Total Phosphorus
• Total Dissolved Phosphorus
• Chlorophyll a

Expanded Nutrient Parameters

Bioassessment 2019 Fecal Coliform Sampling

• 1. Fecal Coliform monitoring requires 5 samples in a 30 day period
• 2. We will sample Fecal Coliform in each reach listed on the 303(d) list

for Fecal Coliform

• 3. Sampling will begin in late May/early June
• 4. ETP Labs in Willowbrook will be used due to short hold times
• 5. Sampling will be completed by TCF staff

Bioassessment 2019 Chemistry Analysis

• 2018 & 2019 chemistry collections will be completed by Midwest

Biodiversity staff with a boat and from bridges where available

• MBI staff will coordinate with Microbac staff to pick-up samples
• Microbac will perform analysis for regular chemistry collections
• First Environmental Labs will analyze expanded nutrient parameters
• ETP Labs will analyze Fecal Coliform
• Approval needed for staff to negotiate contracts with all three labs up

to a total of $78,000

• Main stem Des Plaines River
• 22 stations
• Silver Creek & Crystal Creek
• 3 stations
• Willow Creek Watershed
• 7 stations
• Schiller Woods Tributary
• 1 station

All stations will have fish, macroinvertebrate, habitat and water chemistry collected. Selected sites will have sediment collected.

2019 Sampling

Approximately 50 Petitioners in CAWS and Lower DesPlaines

Current Members

• Village of Channahon
• City of Crest Hill
• Village of Elwood
• Village of Frankfort
• City of Joliet
• City of Lockport
• Village of Mokena
• Village of New Lenox
• Village of Romeoville
• MDRD
• Exxon Mobil

Potential Members

• City of Country Club

Hills

• Village of LaGrange
• Village of Orland Park
• Village of Tinley Park
• Village of Richton Park
• Village of Riverside
• City of Chicago

Chloride Time-Limited Water Quality Standard

• Citgo Holding, Inc.
• Flint Hill Resources
• IMTT Illinois LLC
• Ingredion Inc.
• Midwest Marine

Terminals

• Ozinga Ready Mix
• Stepan Co
• Illinois DOT
• Cook County DOT

• Illinois EPA submitted recommendations to the Illinois Pollution

Control Board

• Public Comment period ended on April 16th
• Public hearings have not been set yet
• Send to USEPA Region 5 for approval
• Clock starts ticking for tasks

Next Steps

Seasonal Outreach

Spring

Native Trees for Your Environment:

• Learn about our native tree species and the benefits they

carry when incorporated into the landscape. Factors to consider when choosing a tree, examples to consider and where to buy your native trees are covered.

Native Plants 101:

• What is a native plant and how do they differ from invasive

species? Learn how natives are beneficial to the landscape, which are best to incorporate to your landscape at home, and where to buy native plants locally.

Adding Natives to the Landscape:

• Learn how to plan a native garden, prepare your garden bed
• r tree planting, and maintain the addition of native plants

and trees in your landscape. The benefits of incorporating natives to home landscapes are also highlighted.

Spring Outreach Campaign

Spring Outreach Campaign

Spring Outreach Campaign

Spring Outreach Campaign

Spring Outreach Campaign

Spring Outreach Campaign

Spring Outreach Campaign

• Questions or assistance:
• Monica Rockstroh,

Watershed Education

• & Outreach Manager
• mrockstroh@theconservationfoundation.org

Spring Outreach Campaign

• Save the Date!
• Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
• Facilitator: Lori Gates, Senior Project Manager, Christopher Burke

Engineering, Indianapolis, IN

• Topics include:
• Lessons learned from audits
• Secondary containment
• BMPs
• Interactive “you’re the inspector” activities
• Useful poster handouts and videos

MS4 Good Housekeeping Workshop

• Groundwater study to be

completed by the Illinois State Water Survey to assist with regional water supply planning

• Contract will go through

LDWG

• LDWG has sent separate

invoices out to participants

Southwest Water Planning Group

Lower DesPlaines Watershed Group Contacts:

• Allison Swisher, City of Joliet

aswisher@jolietcity.org 815-724-4222

• Jennifer Hammer & Monica Rockstroh, The Conservation Foundation

jhammer@theconservationfoundation.org mrochstroh@theconservationfoundation.org 630-428-4500 x114, x123

• www.lowerdesplaineswatershed.org