NPDES Year 3 Phase II Annual Report PDF

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency – Annual Facility Inspection Report – NPDES Permit for Stormwater
Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)

March 2005 – March 2006
Page 1 of 50 – Section B
PLEASE NOTE THAT ANNUAL REPORTING FOR SECTIONS B AND D

CORRELATE TO EACH NOTICE OF INTENT BMP AS CHECKED ON ORIGINAL
PERMIT AS FOLLOWS:
A. Public Education and Outreach D. Construction Site Runoff Control

A.1 Distributed Paper Material D.1 Regulatory Control Program
A.2 Speaking Engagement D.2 Erosion & Sed. Control BMPs
A.3 Public Service Announcement D.3 Other Waste Control Program
A.4 Community Event D.4 Site Plan Review Procedures
A.5 Classroom Education Material D.5 Public Inform. Handling Proc.
A.6 Other Public Education D.6 Site Inspection/Enforce. Proc.
D.7 Other Constr. Site Runoff Controls
B. Public Participation/Involvement
B.1 Public Panel E. Post-Construction Runoff Control
B.2 Educational Volunteer E.1 Community Control Strategy
B.3 Stakeholder Meeting E.2 Regulatory Control Program
B.4 Public Hearing E.3 Long Term O&M Procedures
B.5 Volunteer Monitoring E.4 Pre-Const Review of BMP Designs
B.6 Program Coordination E.5 Site Inspect. During Construction
B.7 Other Public Involvement E.6 Post-Construction Inspections
E.7 Other Post-Const Runoff Controls
C. Illicit Discharge Detection/Elimination
C.1 Storm Sewer Map Preparation F. Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeep.
C.2 Regulatory Control Program F.1 Employee Training Program
C.3 Detection/Elimination Prior. Plan F.2 Inspection/Maintenance Program
C.4 Illicit Discharge Tracing Proced. F.3 Muni Operations Storm. Control
C.5 Illicit Source Removal Procedures F.4 Muni Operations Waste Disposal
C.6 Program Evaluation/Assessment F.5 Flood Mgmt/Assess Guidelines
C.7 Visual Dry Weather Screening F.6 Other Muni Operations Controls
C.8 Pollutant Field Testing
C.9 Public Notification
C.10 Other Illicit Discharge Controls
SECTION B: Attach the status of compliance with permit

conditions, an assessment of the appropriateness of your identified
Best Management Practices and progress towards achieving the
statutory goal of reducing the discharge of pollutants to the MEP,
and your identified measurable goals for each of the minimum
control measures.
A. Public Education and Outreach

A.1 Distributed Paper Material
A.2 Speaking Engagement
A.3 Public Service Announcement
A.4 Community Event
A.5 Classroom Education Material
MEASUREABLE GOALS, INCLUDING FREQUENCIES:

The County of DuPage has developed a general education and outreach program on storm water
and water quality that will target several large groups of stakeholders within the watershed such
as: youths, technical audiences, landowners, and recreational users. This program has the goal
of: increasing the awareness and appreciation of a watershed community that will result in a
lasting change in behavior; show how the protection and enhancement of the quality, quantity,
and availability of surface and groundwater resources will preserve and enhance the health of
existing aquatic and riparian environments as well as the quality of life; and establish the
necessary resources to support the development and distribution of educational materials
throughout the County.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Support expansion of youth educational efforts such as Mighty Acorns, Envirothon, etc. Work
with Forest Preserve and Park Districts to produce educational signage along bike and water
trails throughout County.
COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:
The county promoted and encouraged participation in the annual Earth Day Trail Cleanup of
the Illinois Prairie Path & Great Western Trail. The Illinois Prairie Path not-for-profit
corporation in cooperation with the Friends of the Great Western Trail schedules an annual
trail cleanup along the 61 miles of trails in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties.
Permeable Pavers BMP Seminar

A Permeable Pavers BMP Seminar was held on March 1, 2005 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at
DuPage County. DuPage County in cooperation with the private consulting firm Unilock
Chicago hosted a seminar on permeable paving techniques introducing various new products
and teaching methods providing water quality benefits. Dr. Brian Shackel gave a
presentation on heavy-duty unit paving stones and permeable paving stone engineering and
design. Christopher Burke Engineering discussed the design objectives, challenges, and
outcomes of the Morton Arboretum parking lot design and its creative use of permeable
pavers. Following the presentations a panel of experts, consisting of the owner, designer,
municipality, and the lead researcher on block pavements offered a round table discussion
question and answer period on permeable pavers. Approximately eighty-four participants
attended the seminar.
Floodplain Administration Seminar

A Floodplain Administration Seminar was held on Thursday, September 22, 2005 from 8:00
am to 12:00 noon at the City of Naperville’s Council Chambers. DuPage County and
Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. (ERA) sponsored the seminar. Bill Brown from the
County’s Stormwater Management Division presented the status of the Digital Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) and the County’s Regulatory Flood Mapping (RFM) efforts,
as well as a detailed overview of the County’s floodplain mapping procedures. Bruce Maki
of ERA presented various topics and issues related to permitting developments within
regulatory floodplain and floodway. Topics included compensatory storage, online detention
and floodproofing. The seminar was a huge success over 200 professionals in attendance
representing various municipalities, local governments, consulting firms and developers
within DuPage County.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project – West Branch

restoration
DuPage County Stormwater and Forest Preserve District staff held a public information
meeting at the District’s Danada House in October of 2005 to discuss and receive comments
on a number of river restoration projects along the West Branch mainstem. These projects
are included in the West Branch DuPage River Watershed Plan and are designated for
funding under the County’s NOAA restoration grant. To assist the public’s awareness and
knowledge of the proposed projects, the County established a page on its website that
provides information on each of the proposed projects. The page can be found by following
the WB River Restoration link found on the Stormwater Department’s page on the County’s
website.
In October 2004 the county entered into an agreement with School & Community Assistance for
Recycling & Composting Education (SCARCE) to provide professional environmental education
services through teacher training and community outreach. This agreement expired June 30,
2005. The services discussed below have been or will be performed during the contract term
above.
A.1 SCARCE distributed ten issues of the RIPPLES newsletter to almost 2,500 teachers,
administrators, youth group leaders, and other educators countywide. As of October 2005 the
RIPPLES newsletter is available for viewing in an electronic version. This newsletter advertises
upcoming workshops and local area environmental events, contains articles on water, water
quality, and other environmental issues, and promotes the Earth Flag and Ecology Flag award
programs.
A.1 SCARCE distributed six issues of the Green Bulletin electronically to thousands of county
citizens. The Green Bulletin announces watershed exhibits and community events. The Green
Bulletin is similar to the RIPPLES newsletter but is distributed solely in an electronic format.
A.4 SCARCE designed a Green DuPage Patch Scouts program. The Green DuPage Patch is a
program designed to enhance our awareness of the environment and the issues involving it. The
program looks at some of our natural resources and areas related to them. The five categories
explored in the Green DuPage Patch program are water, 3R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle), air,
energy and soil. To earn a patch the scouts must choose three out of five categories for their
projects. The three categories are explored through investigation of the natural resource, acted
on by designing a plan or project, which demonstrates concern, sharing knowledge and results of
the project with others, and documentation of the project. The Green DuPage Patch is funded
by DuPage County
A.5 The Ecology Flag award program recognizes a school for receiving education and
conducting a project related to water or other type of pollution and conservation. Steps to earn
the Earth Flag award include a staff in-serve, water, energy, or waste audit, and a pollution
reduction activity. Three schools have received Ecology Flag award this year and five schools
have received the Earth Flag award.
A.5 In the SCARCE Resource Room there is a permanent display of watershed model exhibits
for visitors to examine. In addition to the watershed model exhibits there are currently seven
watershed models that middle school teachers can check out for their classrooms. The resource
room also has various program brochures, handouts and videos available to the public relating to
water pollution related issues. The resource room functions and operates with partial funding
from DuPage County. A list of SCARCE program brochures, handouts and videos are listed
below:
VIDEOS:
Good Mate – Stewardship of the Waterways
After the Storm: Co-produced by EPA and The Weather Channel
The Streamkeeper: An ADOPT-A-STREAM FOUNDATION program
Greener At Home – Episode 1: Private Wells
Greener At Home – Episode 4: On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems
Greener At Home – Episode 5: Controlling Runoff
Greener At Home – Episode 6: Conservation Landscaping
BROCHURES/HANDOUTS:
Environmental Guide for Personal Watercraft Operations
DuPage County Wetlands and Streams
Your Ticket to…an Environmentally Safe Boat Trip
The Illinois Groundwater Protection Act
Storm Drain Stenciling: Dump No Waste – Drains to River
Our Water Planet is Becoming Polluted with Plastic Debris
Help Us Protect the Marine Environment
Only one of these bird’s nests is a safe place to grow up
Your Drinking Water and You
Mercury Spills
Keep Our Water Clean – Use Pumpouts
Fast Facts About Stormwater Runoff
Gardening in Your Wellhead Protection Area – Keeping Your Drinking Water
Clean
How’s the Water? A Citizen’s Report Form for Water Pollution
A Guide to Safer Household Cleaners
The Adventures of Captain Cleanwater – An activity book for kids about clean
and safe boating
What’s Up with Our Nation’s Waters?
POSTER:
AGUA (Spanish) from the American Water Resources Association
MISC:
Door Hanger: Sierra Club/Illinois EPA - monitoring Salt Creek and the East
Branch of the DuPage River
Sticker: Protect Illinois Rivers – Report Pollution
A.2-6 SCARCE conducted 8 workshops/events for over 1,500 participants on topics that
included watersheds, water pollution, groundwater, point and non-point source pollution,
water monitoring and testing, the water cycle, and Best Management Practices. The
breakdown is indicated below.
A.5 The county, through SCARCE, purchased approximately 26 three-dimensional watershed

demonstration models: one for each of the public middle schools; and seven to be shared by
parochial/private middle schools in the county during the months of March, April, and May of
2005. SCARCE developed, assembled, and distributed these water quality/watershed models,
accompanying resource materials, and accessory supplies to each middle school; and conducted
the teacher training workshops as included in statistics below.
A.4 COMMUNITY EVENTS

6 Youth Leadership/Scout Group Presentations on: Watersheds/Watershed Models
The Water Cycle
The 3 Rs: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
Trash to Treasures
78 Committee/Club/Agency Meeting Presentations on: Watersheds/Watershed Models
The Water Cycle
The 3 Rs: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
Earth Flag/Ecology Flag
A.5 CLASSROOM EDUCATION MATERIALS

4 Teacher In-Service/Modeling on: Watershed Model
14 Teacher Workshops on: Groundwater
Point & Non-Point Source Pollution
Watersheds
Water Monitoring & Testing
A.6 OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION

7 Booths promoting: Watersheds/Watershed models
In October 2004 the county entered into an agreement with The Conservation Foundation (TCF)
to provide professional environmental education services. This agreement was renewed through
November 2005. The services discussed below have been or will be performed during the
contract term above.
A.1 DISTRIBUTED PAPER MATERIALS

Watershed Newsletters
Information about water quality programs and watershed improvements was disseminated in
three issues of the DuPage River Currents newsletter to over 1,000 DuPage residents/issue.
The Currents is an important tool to inform all sectors of the county about water quality
programs and issues. It is a major tool for recruiting volunteers for C.A.R.E., storm drain
stenciling, and the River Sweep.
In addition, three issues of the Salt Creek Confluence Newsletter were mailed to 150
DuPage residents and another 150 copies were distributed through local libraries in the
eastern part of the county.
A.2 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

BMP WORKSHOPS
Conservation @ Home
The Conservation @ Home program promotes native landscaping to homeowners, businesses
and developers in DuPage County. Staff conducts evaluations and certifications of business
and private properties throughout county. We also provide information and resources for
planting and maintaining certified properties and promote the program through our Speaker’s
Bureau and community presentations. As of March 2006, approximately 121 properties in
DuPage County have been or are in the process of being certified under this program. Many
others did not qualify, but the homeowners were given information about how to improve
landscaping to conserve and protect water resources. Staff also gave approximately 20 public
presentations on Conservation @ Home to local civic, homeowner and garden group
meetings, community meetings - DuPage Environmental Summit, Wheaton Environmental
Council, and the Morton Arboretum Native Landscaping Symposium, local businesses -
Wannamakers, and regular presentations to classes at College of DuPage.
The Third annual DuPage County Environmental Summit “Breathing Easier and Living
Healthy” for community and business leaders, elected officials, scientists, landscapers,
engineers, students, health professionals and the general public was offered at Benedictine
University on January 12, 2006. The topics discussed at the Summit were healthy
landscaping in large scale, along roads and parkways, in parks, and around the home.
Approximately 175 people attended the Summit.
A.3 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Storm Drain Stenciling Program
The Storm Drain Stenciling Program (SDS) has evolved over the past years and we are now
seeing greater involvement on the part of municipalities. Bloomingdale continues to
distribute supplies to local groups. Troop 394 of 3 Fires Council stenciled 257 drains there.
The Village of Bartlett continued to promote stenciling in 2005 and used the Brewster Creek
stencils. The Villa Park Environmental Commission began a regular program of stenciling
that will continue in the spring of 2006. They stenciled approximately 150 drains between
May and September. The Village of Westmont worked with Campus Corps to stencil all the
drains in Westmont this year. One Eagle Scout used stenciling for his project in Naperville.
Scout troop 44 in Glen Ellyn stenciled 168 drains. Schools in Naperville, Lisle and
Lombard also did stenciling projects. One land owner and fisherman took a supply of
stencils to use in Warrenville. Forest Preserve District of DuPage also requested supplies
to mark drains at their sites. At the close of the stenciling season, we had 2 requests from
schools in Glendale Heights to do stenciling in the spring.
The program was promoted in presentations to local scout groups, school ecology clubs and
Wheaton College biology classes. In addition we had displays at the four Tribute to DuPage
Rivers events held in Naperville, Itasca, Lisle and Carol Stream this summer. In the past 2
years we have distributed over 9000 informational door hangers and used about 20 cases of
paint.
STORM DRAIN STENCILING

Storm Drain Stenciling Report
2005
Group Municipality # #
Volunteers Drains Comments
Kennedy Jr. High School Lisle 13 17
Glenbard East High School Lombard No forms
yet
Troop 194 Bloomingdale 8 257
Elmwood School Naperville 39 45
Environmental Club
Village of Bartlett Bartlett 21 stencils
6 cases paint
1400 door
hangers
DuPage FPD Stencils for
sites
Villa Park Env. Commission Villa Park 16 151 Onging each
year
Ellsworth School Naperville 35 25
Westmont Public Works Westmont All
drains in
village
Smallmouth Bass Alliance Warrenville 12 stencils
12 cans of
paint
Longwood School Naperville 18 6 Ecology Club
project
Neuqua Valley H.S. Naperville No report Science club
yet project
Troop 44 Glen Ellyn 16 168
Richard Painter Naperville No report Eagle Project
yet
Village of Plainfield Stenciled at
River Sweep
Lombard Women’s Club Lombard No report
yet
A.4 COMMUNITY EVENTS
River Sweep – June 4, 2005

Number of Participants: 300
Areas Covered: 36 miles total as listed below:
West Branch DuPage River, Hanover Park - .12 mile
West Branch DuPage River watershed, Carol Stream, 17 retention ponds – 7.7 miles
West Branch DuPage River, McDowell Grove, Warrenville – 1 mile
West Branch DuPage River, Ogden Ave. to Knoch Knolls Park –7.5 in-stream
West Branch Jefferson to Knoch Knolls – 5 miles streambanks
Mainstem DuPage Naperville to Plainfield – 6 miles
Rott Creek, Hitchcock Woods, Lisle - .42 miles
East Branch DuPage River, Royce to Trout Farm, Bolingbrook - .5 mile
East Branch DuPage River Hobson Road south - .5 mile
East Branch DuPage River Hobson Street north to sewage plant - .3 mile
Salt Creek at Cricket Creek – distance not reported
Salt Creek at Odeum, Villa Park – estimated distance .3 miles
Salt Creek, Fullersburg Woods dam to Graue Mill – 1.5 miles
Waldon Creek, Salt Creek tributary, Itasca - .1 miles
DuPage River mainstem, Plainfield – 2.56 miles streambank
DuPage River mainstem Plainfield – 2 miles – in-stream
Tons and Types of Litter: Approximately 8 tons

2.78 tons total, Waste Management
Naperville, -1.07 t Cricket Creek - .71 t
Greene Valley FP – 1 t
Additional collections – Carol Stream - 1.25 t Plainfield - .68 t submerged car – 1 t
Many additional truck loads in Hanover Park, Naperville, Plainfield, Fullersburg Woods
FP, and Bolingbrook that went unweighed
500+ ft of drainage pipe shopping carts Complete car doors

Child’s slide assorted bikes lots of boards
An entire car submerged thousands of cans, bottles, plastics lawn chairs
Back ¼ of fiberglass boat iron gate food containers
Sheet metal road signs dozens of wooden
pallets Car batteries rebar
Roll of landscaping mesh toilet seats foot stools
Antifreeze & oil containers car and truck tires
Additional comments: Fewer volunteers cleaned approximately the same number of river miles
this year in spite of our losing about 7 miles of river that are off limits due to thorium pollution.
In addition, the communities of Wheaton and Wood Dale, and the Salt Creek Watershed
Network held their own clean-ups this year on different dates than ours, adding additional miles
and tons of trash to our totals. It is good to see communities showing ownership of clean-up
efforts.
A.5 CLASSROOM EDUCATION MATERIALS

MIGHTY ACORNS
Mighty Acorns is a stewardship-based biodiversity curriculum for students in 4th through 6th
grades. The goal of the program is to instill in young people a sense of stewardship toward
natural areas by involving them in caring for a natural area in their own community. The
Conservation Foundation works in partnership with Chicago Wilderness, the Forest Preserve
District of DuPage County, and DuPage County Stormwater Management Division, and
West Chicago Park District to deliver the program to three DuPage schools. Approximately
430 students from 14 classes in Currier, Wegner, and Pioneer schools in West Chicago
participated in the Mighty Acorns Program. The sites the students are helping with are the
river savanna west of McKee Marsh and the woodland next to the school at Blackwell Forest
Preserve, and Reed-Kepler Park and Pioneer Park in West Chicago. TCF staff meets with the
new teachers and volunteers to train them in the curriculum and activities.
Mighty Acorns Program 2005

School Number of Classes
th
4 grade 5th grade 6th grade
Currier 2 3 3
Pioneer 3 1
Wegner 3 ( until June ’05) 430
2 in ’06 year
Staff and Volunteers – One staff person and 5 volunteers from The Conservation
Foundation (TCF) met with the students three times during the school year – spring, fall, and
winter – to lead the students in restoration activities. In addition, TCF staff visited each class
prior to each field trip and presented a lesson on biodiversity concepts and natural history that
dovetailed with the field activities. Volunteers were hard to schedule due to conflicts with their
personal lives and we relied on parent chaperones more than ever this year. While they provide
supervision, the quality of the program diminishes without trained guides. TCF staff provided
training to the volunteers each season.
What the Students Did and How they Benefited - During the report year, Mighty
Acorns students, teachers, and parent volunteers contributed over 816 hours of stewardship
service for the Forest Preserve and 400 hours for West Chicago Park District. In the spring, they
pulled nearly 100 large garbage bags of garlic mustard from Blackwell, 50 bags at Pioneer Park,
and 20 bags at Reed-Kepler Park. During the fall they collected and planted (in a savanna
restoration area) approximately 28 gallons (with some stems) of woodland wildflower seeds at
Blackwell. At Reed-Kepler students collected 10 gallons of acorns (about 1 quart of which were
good) which were then planted by Pioneer School students at Pioneer Park as part of the first
restoration activities there. Because the students visit the same area three times a year, they are
able to see the changes, not only with the seasons, but also from year to year. In the fall of 2005
Currier 5th and 6th grade students and their teachers were excited to see plants growing in the
savanna restoration area from seeds they planted last year.
In the winter, students cleared invasive Buckthorn and other weedy trees from the
woodlands adjacent to Currier School and Pioneer School, and in the savanna at Reed-Kepler
Park.
ENVIROTHON
Program Overview This natural resource management competition is sponsored by the
Soil and Water Conservation Districts and is open to all high school students. Teams of 5
students work with a teacher/coach to l earn ecological information in wildlife, soils, forestry,
aquatics, and a topic that changes each year (caves and karsts and groundwater this year). They
compete against schools in the northeast region at the Northeastern Illinois Envirothon in April.
The winning team goes to the state competition in May and the state champs to the national
Canon Envirothon in July. Each winning team member at the national receives a scholarship.
2005 Results DuPage County was represented by four high schools in 2005:
Willowbrook, Driscoll Catholic, Waubonsie Valley and Westmont. A fifth team from Elmhurst
had to withdraw at the last moment.
2005 Northeastern Illinois Envirothon

DuPage County County Regional State National
School Rank Rank Rank Rank
N=4 n = 28 n = 16 n = 50
Willowbrook 1 9 n/a n/a
Driscoll Catholic 4 22 n/a n/a
Waubonsie Valley 3 17 n/a n/a
Westmont 2 16 n/a n/a
TCF Staff assists the Soil & Water Conservation Districts by recruiting DuPage County
teams, writing the aquatics portion of the regional competition, and conducting teacher
workshops during the day of the competition.
B. Public Participation/Involvement
B.3 Stakeholder Meeting
B.4 Public Hearing
B.5 Volunteer Monitoring

The Municipal Engineers advisory group and the DuPage County Water Quality Stakeholder
Committee will meet on a regular basis to review and discuss program development as it pertains
to Appendix J of the DuPage County Stormwater Management Plan and the Federal Mandates
such as the NPDES Phase II and TMDLs. This may include ordinance, best management
practice, water quality, or other relevant discussions. The committee will evaluate the most
efficient and practicable methods of meeting the six minimum control measures of the NPDES
Phase II by developing Local Qualifying Programs and overseeing their implementation.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Make relevant suggestions for revisions to the Ordinance and Technical Guidance Document to
the Stormwater Management Committee to open a public comment period. Finalize pollution
prevention and illicit discharge detection and elimination program/procedures.

BMP manual - Through utilization of a private consultant, DuPage County began updating
Appendix E (Technical Guidance Document) of the Countywide Stormwater Management
Plan with regard to water quality best management practices (BMPs) appropriate to the
unique geography and geology of DuPage County. The work progressed with input from
monthly meetings with municipal representatives and community stakeholders. The manual
includes educational narratives, a BMP selection guidance, and technical specifications that
appropriately reflect the county’s urban setting, winter season, poorly draining soils, and flat
topography. The project began in April of 2005 and was 95% complete on March 1 of 2006.
DuPage County Adopt-A-Stream Program is a volunteer program available to citizens and

volunteer groups to keep our streams clean by removing debris and trash in and along our
waterways, by planting vegetation, and/ or by monitoring the quality of water. Volunteer
groups select a section of the stream and go out twice a year to remove litter from the stream
and along the overbanks. DuPage County provides technical support, trash bags and
collection, stream safety education, and guidance to help coordinate the group’s restoration
efforts.
This reporting year four groups have participated in the Adopt-A-Stream program by
disposing of debris in there adopted stretches. The organizations that volunteered are the
Wheaton AM Rotary, North Central College, Choice, and the Boy Scout Group. The Creeks
adopted by the participants were Winfield Creek (from Roosevelt Street to Winfield) and
West Branch DuPage River from (Downtown Naperville to North Central College.
Approximately three miles total on both sides of the streams were cleaned.
Water Quality Stakeholders Working Group, increased its diversity and numbers to include
consulting engineers, county staff, developers, environmental groups, municipal engineers,
regulatory agencies, townships, and treatment plants. Approximately approximately fifteen
people attend the group. The group met eleven times during the reporting year to fulfill its
mandate to recommend how the county will address the state and federal water quality
regulations. Some of the major topics discussed at the meetings were the development of the
Best Management Practices Manual, Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Guidance
Document, the Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance Revisions, NPDES Outfall
mapping, Total Maximum Daily Load Workgroup 319 Grant Proposals, Watershed model
demonstrations, DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup updates and the NPDES Phase II
permit.
DuPage River Salt Creek (DRSCW) TMDL Workgroup - The group is comprised of
representatives from wastewater treatment plants, municipalities, IEPA, Forest Preserve
District of DuPage County, environmental groups, and other interested parties. During the
periods March 1, 2005 to March 1, 2006 the Workgroup met 10 times. In addition to these
meetings the group also held regular meetings of committees tasked to manage specific
programs. These committees included the monitoring committee (probe deployment and
bioassessment), and the DO committee (tasked with overseeing the contract to research
dissolved oxygen impairments on the East Branch and Salt Creek). The group’s purpose is to
respond to the TMDL’s established by the EPA for Salt Creek and the East Branch
waterways by developing a watershed monitoring plan, gathering data, and verifying and
evaluating potential remedies to the identified impairments along Salt Creek and the DuPage
River. The county appropriated $24,581 from its Public Works fund, $25,000 from its
Stormwater fund towards that effort during this permit year. DuPage County contributions
paid approximately 9% of the bills at the DuPage River Salt Creek Total Maximum Daily
Load (TMDL) Workgroup in 2005-2006.
The Workgroup incorporated in November 2005 and sent out membership applications to
agency members (that is public holders of NPDES permits based in one of the three
watersheds) in early 2006. The list of 25 due paying members from that category as of May
4th 2006 is:
Addison, Arlington Heights, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Carol Stream, Downers Grove SD,
DuPage County, Elmhurst, Glenbard WW Authority, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Hanover
Park, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Hoffman Estates, Itasca, Lisle, Lombard, MWRDGC, Oak
Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, Salt Creek SD, Villa Park, Wheaton, Wheaton SD, Wood Dale.
At this date dues for the year 2005-2006 for agency members total 245,612.00. At this date
associate members (organizations based in the program area but not holding an NPDES
permit) have not yet received an invitation to join but a number have made important in-kind
contributions to the organization. These include the FPDDC (Forest Preserve District of
DuPage County), the Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, Salt Creek Watershed network and
the Conservation Foundation.
Between March 1, 2005 to March 1, 2006 the Workgroup completed of initiate the following:
• DO Study. In late 2005 the Workgroup hired a contractor to complete a DO feasibility

study for salt Creek and The East Branch of the DuPage River. The contractor selected
was HDR Engineering. The Study will model DO along each waterway, identify DO
sags; investigate potential remedies (in stream aeration and dam removal and
modification). The study also involves regular updates of stakeholder groups and
production of a detailed existing conditions document on a GIS format. Two public
workshops were organized by HDR along with newsletters in November 2005 and
February 2006 to explain the feasibility study and their progress to the stakeholder and
the general public. Project recommendations will be available in early 2007.
• Bioassessment Plan. In early 2006 the Workgroup hired the Midwest Biodiversity
Institute, to develop a comprehensive monitoring program for biological assemblages.
The sampling sites will be selected using both mathematical modeling and targeting
based on watershed features. The final report is due in May 1st, 2006. The execution of
the sampling plan to form a baseline to take place during the summers of 2006 and 2007.
A limited water chemistry sampling program is to run alongside this program.
• Continuous monitoring. The Workgroup is putting in place a network of sampling
stations that will provide a continuous data of dissolved oxygen, temperature,
conductivity and pH. Nine DS5X probes were purchased from hydro lab, Hach
Environmental in late 2005. Locations that will be functional June to September 2006
are given in map one. Preexisting probes (shown in red on the map) are those probes
placed and managed by Workgroup members prior to the formation of the Workgroup,
but who will be integrated into the network. Five sites fall into this category. Probes
deploy sites (shown in green on Map 1) are those deployed by the Workgroup directly, 12
sites fall into this category. Sites in this category with probes in place at the time of this
report are highlighted. Results from the continuous monitoring program will be available
in September 2006.
• Strategy Development For NPS Studies
The Workgroup has developed RFPs for a chloride usage education and reduction
program, a non-point source phosphorous reduction program and a storm water
management development and funding program. The seeking of bids for these RFPs has
been temporarily suspended due to work, by The Conservation Program on a non-point
pollution model for the DuPage River. The project, funded by NIPC and the IEPA as
part of the Watershed –Based Plan updates for North Eastern Illinois, will use an urban
runoff model (WinSLAMM) to model quality of storm water runoff and the benefits of
water quality controls on drainage design. The model will be run for a single tributary
watershed on the both the East Branch and West Branch of the DuPage River. The
project will be complete in July 2006. At that time the Workgroup will modify the RFPs
based on the findings of the watershed update.
Probe Deployment Sites. Year 1


Location Stream Muni Authority Responsible
Hobson EB UNINC/Woodridge DPC DOT DGSD
Army Trail Road EB UNINC/Bloomingdale DPC DOT Bloomingdale
ButterField Road EB UNINC/Downers Grove IDOT Downers Grove
FPD installation/
Hidden Lake FP EB Downers Grove/UNINC FPDDPC County maintenance
St. Charles Rd EB UNINC/Glen Ellyn TBD TBA
St Charles Road SC Villa Park Villa Park Salt Creek SD
Elmhurst installation/
York Road SC OakBrook DPCDOT TCF maintenance
Butterfield Road SC Elmhurst IDOT TBA
Fullersberg Woods SC Hinsdale FPDDPC Elmhurst
JFK Boulavard SC Elk Grove NA MWRD
Busse Woods south SC Elk Grove NA MWRD
Thorndale Ave SC Itasca NA MWRD
Wolf Road SC UNINC NA MWRD
Stuckman Blvd/Schik WB Bartlett Vill. of Bartlett Bartlett
North Avenue WB West Chicago IDOT West Chicago
McDowell Grove WB UNINC FPD DPC DCFPD
Butterfield Rd WB Warrenville IDOT Wheaton SD
EB- East Branch, WB- West Branch, SC - Salt Creek

Black- Planned Sites, Red- Pre-existing Sites
Table 1. Probe Deployment Sites for Year 1.

EB- East Branch, SC-Salt Creek, WB-West Branch
Muni- Municipality inside whose boundaries site located
Authority- Permitting Authority
Responsible- Workgroup members assigned to site
The Municipal Engineers Conference Group met nine times during the permit year. The
group is attended by approximately twenty people composed of the county, municipalities,
and private consulting companies. The group focused its efforts on Water Quality
improvement such as NPDES Phase II requirements, Soil and Erosion Control and
Floodplain Ordinance revisions, Best Management Practices Manual and NPDES Outfall
mapping. The DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup (DRSCW) also gave updates and
presentations during the reporting period.
DuPage County personnel with DuPage County and manufactures are analyzing and
determining appropriate uses of underground detention as it relates to water quality studies
and best management practices.
B.4 Public Hearing

MEASURABLE GOALS, INCLUDING FREQUENCIES:
As new updates to the DuPage County Stormwater Management Plan are developed there will
continue to be public hearings in which the public will have an opportunity to voice their
comments.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Conduct public hearings for possible Stormwater Management Plan Appendix updates as
needed.

Watershed Plans:
The Kress Creek Watershed Plan provides a stormwater and floodplain management framework
for the conditions that are present within the Kress Creek Watershed. The Mainstem of Kress
Creek joins the West Branch DuPage River near Illinois Route 59 and drains the western
portion of DuPage County. The watershed planning information presented in the plan includes
an analysis of alternative projects designed to reduce or eliminate stormwater and flood
damages, watershed characteristics (hydrology and hydraulics), existing flooding and drainage
patterns and proposed creek crossing modifications. The Watershed Plan discusses the wetlands
identified and outlines the measures that provide appropriate mitigation of all impacted areas.
The Watershed plan also discusses the limits of the existing riparian areas located within the
boundaries of the Watershed and provides the framework for appropriate mitigation for the
areas impacted by future improvements in the Watershed. The County Board approved Kress
Creek Watershed Plan on April 26, 2005.
The Stormwater Management Committee meeting authorized the release of the West Branch
DuPage River Watershed Plan for public review at the January Stormwater Management
Committee meeting. A public comment period for the Plan was held from January 3, 2006 to
Feb 1, 2006. The West Branch Watershed Plan contains recommendations for various
engineering/environmental projects within the West Branch DuPage Watershed that will
improve water quality, expand natural areas, introduce and/or restore wildlife habitat and
provide an educational setting as it relates to the enhancement of the watershed. The County
Board adopted the West Branch Watershed Plan on February 14, 2006.
The purpose of developing the West Branch DuPage River watershed was to provide wetland
protection, riparian zone protection and enhancement, floodplain management, stream
restoration and bank stabilization, groundwater recharge, and water quality concerns within the
watershed. The bed and banks of the West Branch DuPage River from the West Chicago
Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to McDowell Grove Dam in Unincorporated DuPage County
comprise an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site subject to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Kerr-

McGee is responsible for the cleanup of radioactive thorium results in portion of the West
Branch, Kress Creek and their associated floodplains. Kerr-McGee remediation activities
include the excavation and processing of approximately 125,300 cubic yards of soil and
sediment, 77,200 of which will be hauled away for disposal.
Ordinance Revisions (Erosion Sediment Control and FEMA):

In February 2006 the County Board adopted changes to the DuPage County Countywide
Stormwater and Flood Plain Ordinance that have NPDES Permit implications. These
changes include revisions to the flood plain, wetland, erosion and sediment, and enforcement
sections of the Ordinance. A summary of these changes is described below:
• A number of revisions to the flood plain sections of the Ordinance are required by FEMA to
maintain participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). These revisions are
primarily the inclusion of definitions that the NFIP requires in local ordinances to maintain
programmatic consistency. There are some minor clarifications of ordinance language to
make it consistent with the NFIP regulations. While FEMA acknowledged that the
Ordinance meets the intent of the NFIP Regulations, they are requiring these revisions to
maintain NFIP compliance.
• Due to FEMA not endorsing the new county Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM)
for insurance purposes in dual county communities, we are required to reference and
reinstate the previous flood insurance maps in these communities in Exhibit 2. FEMA does
however consider the new DFIRM maps best available information in dual county
communities for regulatory purposes. Therefore, the more accurate DFIRMs can and are
being used for compliance with the requirement of the Ordinance.
• The revisions to the erosion and sediment control section of the Ordinance strengthen the
requirements on BMP's for construction activities. These revisions bring the countywide
requirements for construction erosion and sediment control measures more in line with the
General NPDES Permit No. IL10 requirements.
• A revision to Section 15-201.1 is proposed to take advantage of a change in the State Statues
that increases the maximum fine that can be assessed from $750 to $1,000 per day for each
offense.
The county has begun work on developing a guidance document on appropriate permanent
BMP's that will be required for all future developments permitted under the Ordinance. It is
anticipated that this document will be out for public review later this year and adopted by the
County board during year 4 of the current NPDES Phase II Permit period. Revisions to the
Ordinance will also be proposed to implement the guidance document recommendations.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration project – West Branch restoration

DuPage County Stormwater and Forest Preserve District staff held a public information
meeting at the District’s Danada House in October of 2005 to discuss and receive comments
on a number of river restoration projects along the West Branch mainstem. These projects
are included in the West Branch DuPage River Watershed Plan and are designated for
funding under the County’s NOAA restoration grant. To assist the public’s awareness and
knowledge of the proposed projects, the County established a page on its website that
provides information on each of the proposed projects. The page can be found by following
the WB River Restoration link found on the Stormwater Department’s page on the County’s
website.

The volunteer monitoring group will select appropriate sites in all impaired watersheds
throughout DuPage County and conduct training through The Conservation Foundation and
Chicago Wilderness to make data available through the IDNR INRIN database. This database
will hopefully be used to draw correlations and trends on the improvements to the impaired
watersheds in DuPage.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Continue training and increase recruitment.

The Dupage River Citizens Assessing Regional Ecosystems (C.A.R.E) monitoring. program
was developed in partnership with the state DNR EcoWatch program. That program has been
dismantled over the past year and a half. In spite of this, TCF continued to have their sites
monitored in 2004 and 2005 and held an open lab session to help volunteers with
macroinvertebrate identification. The data was submitted to the state. A summary table of
the data is included below. This year volunteers monitored 9 of 13 active sites. Some sites
could not be monitored due to drought conditions. Last year TCF had record high water.
This year TCF had record low water. TCF was not able to train and assign new monitors to
our orphaned sites, but plan to do that next year. TCF’s responsibilities now include training,
supervision, planning for data storage, lab coordination and field training. TCF has
contracted with an outside professional for help with these trainings and labs.
In a new development, TCF began a pilot project to add chemical testing parameters to
their macroinvertebrate sites. Two members of the Benedictine University chemistry
department faculty are working with their regular and graduate students to conduct a variety
of tests on samples collected by TCF’s monitors in May and June. If the program goes well,
TCF plans to collect samples throughout the year and test for various parameters from
nutrients to heavy metals. It is TCF’s hope that the students will generate a report to share in
TCF’s newsletters and at the DuPage River Coalition meetings. Benedictine staff attended
TCF’s Tribute to DuPage Rivers events in the summer of 2005 to share the project with the
public.
2004 – 2005 CARE Monitoring Data Sites

DuPage Care Sites - 2005
Site ID Site Name Status Monitor Taxa EPT Taxa MBI Quality Comments
Richness Richness
None Hidden Lake Active T. 10 1 6.96 very poor monitored
Forest Preserve Richardson '04,' 05 not in
state
database
None Springbrook Active M. Gazfacka, 6 1 6.11 poor monitored '04,
Creek, Itasca B. Weiss '05, not in
state database
R0208101 W. Br. DuPage, Active G. Kulma 7 0 6.04 poor monitored
Naperville '95, '96, '98
'03, '04, '05
R0208104 W. Br. DuPage, Active R. Klocek, T. 12 2 6.96 very poor monitored
Knoch Knolls Pk Wartell '97, '98, '99,
'00, '03, '04,
'05
R0207801 Springbrook Active R. Klocek, T. 5 2 6.9 very poor monitored
Creek, Wartell '97, '98, '99,
Naperville '00, '03, '04,
'05
R0207503 Lily Cache Active J. Griffis 14 1 5.82 poor monitored
Creek Four '98, '99, '00,
Seasons '01, '03, '04,
'05
R0207503 Lily Cache Active J. Griffis 14 3 5.51 fair monitored
Creek Van Horn '98, '99, '00,
Woods '01, '03, '04,
'05
R0208102 W. Br. DuPage, Active A. Ettinger 8 2 4.96 good monitored
Bartlett '96, '97, '98,
'02, '03, '04,
'05
R0207501 Lily Cache Active S. Buckley, monitored
Creek, Plainfield V. Miller '01, '02, 04,
05 forms
mailed to
DNR, not to
TCF
R0207802 Springbrook Active T. Micheau, not
Creek, Dragon F. monitored '05
Lake FP Novakowski - health
problems
R0208401 Klein Creek Active M. Mondrala Monitored
'97, '98, '02,
'03, '04, not
monitored '05
- family crisis
R0208402 Klein Creek, Active J. monitored
Carol Stream Stuhlmacher '98, '01, '03,
'04, not
monitored '05
- no water in
it this year
R0214501 Winfield Cr. Active J. monitored
Kleinwachter, '97, '98, '04,
H. Ude not
monitored
monitored '05
- poor
conditions
R0212001 Sawmill Creek, Active J. Hicks monitored
Bluff Rd '96, '97, '98,
'99, '00, '01,
'02, '03, not
sure about
'04 & '05
R0212002 Sawmill orphaned
Creek,Cass Ave
R0212003 Sawmill Creek, orphaned
Waterfall Glen
R0212401 Meacham orphaned
Creek,
Bloomingdale
C. Illicit Discharge Detection/Elimination

C.1 Storm Sewer Map Preparation
C.2 Regulatory Control Program
C.3 Detection/Elimination Prioritization Plan
C.4 Illicit Discharge Tracing Procedures
C.5 Illicit Source Removal Procedures
C.6 Program Evaluation/Assessment

Develop illicit discharge detection and elimination procedures with the above working groups that
will map all storm sewer outfalls; determine proper procedures to detect illicit discharges as well
as procedures for elimination of discharges; possible inclusion in ordinances (where appropriate)
to prohibit non-storm water discharges into the storm sewer system and have appropriate
enforcement procedures; and evaluation of monitoring procedures.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Complete mapping of all storm sewer outfalls and start process of possible ordinance adoption for
prohibition of non-stormwater discharges into storm sewer systems and appropriate enforcement
procedures. Begin investigation into monitoring methods and determine staffing or consulting
needs to implement monitoring portion of program.

Storm sewer atlases - DuPage Department of Transportation has completed a GIS based
inventory of storm sewers in DuPage DOT right of way.
Dissolved Oxygen Project - During July and August of 2005, DuPage County volunteered a
collection of interns to help the newly created Salt Creek/East Branch TMDL Workgroup. The
Salt Creek/East Branch TMDL Workgroup was formed to address pollutant loading in DuPage
County and conduct a study analyzing different methods of improving water quality. The
DuPage County staff helped collect dissolved oxygen samples along the Salt Creek River, East
and West branches of the DuPage River. Samples were taken every 0.5 miles along the entire
main stems of these rivers. The results were forwarded to the DuPage River Salt Creek TMDL
Workgroup who then used the data to help calibrate the model they built to address water
quality along the rivers.
Outfall Mapping Project - The outfall-mapping project was done on the main stem of Salt
Creek. Using GPS technology the county took outfall samples at every discharge found along
the rivers in the County. The outfall-mapping program began in December 2005 and is
currently ongoing. The purpose of the outfall-mapping program was to comply with the
NPDES Phase IDDE requirement. The DuPage County staff canoed the Salt Creek River main
stems to take outfall samples. Approximately 80% of Salt Creek has been mapped by the end
of the annual reporting year. This information was then used as a factor in selecting
continuous water quality dissolved oxygen probe sites.
Solid Waste Events - Our Department of Economic Development and Planning at DuPage
County collected 12,852 gallons of household hazardous waste in our one-day household
hazardous waste program. Products accepted included pesticides, household cleaners, oil-
based paint, solvents, mercury and automotive fluids. In addition a total of 7,310 gallons of
latex paint was collected of that 4,010 gallons 5-gallon buckets of paint were recycled for reuse
as a result of our latex paint recycling program.
Waste disposal procedures – DuPage Department of Transportation is requiring disposal of

waste from vactor and vacuum trucks to be sent to approved landfill sites.
DuPage River Salt Creek (DRSCW) TMDL Workgroup – The group is comprised of
respond to the TMDL’s established by the EPA for Salt Creek and the East Branch waterways
by developing a watershed monitoring plan, gathering data, and verifying and evaluating
potential remedies to the identified impairments along Salt Creek and the DuPage River. The
county appropriated $24,581 from its Public Works fund, $25,000 from its Stormwater fund
towards that effort during this permit year. DuPage County contributions paid approximately
9% of the bills at the DuPage River Salt Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
Workgroup in 2005-2006.
The Workgroup incorporated in November 2005 and sent out membership applications to
agency members (that is public holders of NPDES permits based in one of the three
watersheds) in early 2006. The list of 25 due paying members from that category as of May 4th
2006 is:
Addison, Arlington Heights, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Carol Stream, Downers Grove SD,
DuPage County, Elmhurst, Glenbard WW Authority, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Hanover
Park, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Hoffman Estates, Itasca, Lisle, Lombard, MWRDGC, Oak
Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, Salt Creek SD, Villa Park, Wheaton, Wheaton SD, Wood Dale. At
this date dues for the year 2005-2006 for agency members total 245,612.00. At this date
associate members (organizations based in the program area but not holding an NPDES
permit) have not yet received an invitation to join but a number have made important in-kind
contributions to the organization. These include the FPDDC (Forest Preserve District of
DuPage County), the Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, Salt Creek Watershed network and
the Conservation Foundation.
DO Study - In late 2005 the Workgroup hired a contractor to complete a DO feasibility study
for salt Creek and The East Branch of the DuPage River. The contractor selected was HDR
Engineering. The Study will model DO along each water way, identify DO sags; investigate
potential remedies (in stream aeration and dam removal and modification). The study also
involves regular updates of stakeholder groups and production of a detailed existing conditions
document on a GIS format. Two public workshops were organized by HDR along with
newsletters in November 2005 and February 2006 to explain the feasibility study and their
progress to the stakeholders and the general public. Project recommendations will be available
in early 2007.
Bioassessment Plan. In early 2006 the Workgroup hired the Midwest Biodiversity Institute,
to develop a comprehensive monitoring program for biological assemblages. The sampling
sites will be selected using both mathematical modeling and targeting based on watershed
features. The final report is due in May 1st, 2006. The execution of the sampling plan to form
a baseline to take place during the summers of 2006 and 2007. A limited water chemistry
sampling program is to run alongside this program.
Continuous monitoring. The Workgroup is putting in place a network of sampling stations

that will provide a continuous data of dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity and pH.
Nine DS5X probes were purchased from hydro lab, Hach Environmental in late 2005.
Locations that will be functional June to September 2006 are given in map one. Preexisting
probes (shown in red on the map) are those probes placed and managed by Workgroup
members prior to the formation of the Workgroup, but who will be integrated into the network.
Five sites fall into this category. Probes deploy sites (shown in green on Map 1) are those
deployed by the Workgroup directly, 12 sites fall into this category. Sites in this category with
probes in place at the time of this report are highlighted. Results from the continuous
monitoring program will be available in September 2006.
Strategy Development For NPS Studies. The Workgroup has developed RFPs for a chloride
usage education and reduction program, a non-point source phosphorous reduction program
and a storm water management development and funding program. The seeking of bids for
these RFPs has been temporarily suspended due to work, by The Conservation Program on a
non-point pollution model for the DuPage River. The project, funded by NIPC and the IEPA
as part of the Watershed –Based Plan updates for North Eastern Illinois, will use an urban
runoff model (WinSLAMM) to model quality of storm water runoff and the benefits of water
quality controls on drainage design. The model will be run for a single tributary watershed on
the both the East Branch and West Branch of the DuPage River. The project will be complete
in July 2006. At that time the Workgroup will modify the RFPs based on the findings of the
watershed update.


FPD installation/


CITYWORKS is a database software program that is utilized to assist in the tracking of work
and repairs done to storm sewers, outfalls and utilities within the DuPage County limits.
CityWorks enables Public Works, Stormwater, and Drainage Divisions to more efficiently
manage field-based assets. One component of this asset-management program will enable
the County to map all storm sewer outfalls as part of its compliance with the illicit discharge
detection & elimination component of its NPDES Phase II permit. The eventual goal is to
create a countywide database of all outfall locations.
During the reporting year, CityWorks tracked the cleaning of four wet wells, two sewer
maintenance repairs, twenty-nine storm sewer back up repairs, four catch basin maintenance
repairs, three sewage treatment plant structure cleanouts, four discharge points, one dye
testing, two environmental checklists, three facility fence inspections for Fawell Dam, four
sewer flushes, three hydrant inspections, twenty-one hydrant maintenance repairs due to
leaking pipes, one hydrant repair, one hydrant flush, eight inlet pipe restorations, one
manhole sewer inspection, three wet well lift station cleanings, two sewer line repairs, two
location repairs, three maintenance repairs, two manhole inspections, sixty-five manhole
maintenance repairs, six miscellaneous Facility Management repairs, three miscellaneous
highway repairs, three miscellaneous SSA’s, twelve miscellaneous repairs, four New Bbox
repairs, two new valve repairs, one pipe re-lining, nine pump maintenance repair, thirteen
pump station maintenance repairs, three raise Bbox repairs, twenty-four general repairs, two
well house repairs, six Bbox repairs, three service point inspections, thirteen sewer main
repairs, twenty site restorations, two Steeple Run sewer maintenance repairs, twenty six
storage basin repairs, one storm sewer flushing, one stream inventory, twenty-one TV home
lateral repairs, twelve TV sewer main repairs, seven TV storm sewer repairs, one under
enclosure maintenance repair, nine valve exercising meter vault leak repairs, one valve
repair, two water flow inspections, forty-six water main break repairs, one Waterfall Glen
sewer repair, one well house maintenance repair and three Willow Falls sewer maintenance
repairs.
The IDDE guidance document provides assistance to communities in formalizing a program

tailored to local needs to satisfy the IDDE permit requirements. Within the document there
are objectives of the program, recommendations for completing storm sewer mapping;
methods for creating a prioritization plan for a completed storm sewer map; ordinance
examples for non-stormwater discharges into the storm sewer system; an inspection report
sheet example; methodology for establishing a field investigation program including dry-
weather, outfall/manhole, site, and television inspections; implementing a response program
for citizen complaints or incidents; and proper enforcement procedures. The county is
required by federal mandate to implement an Illicit Discharge Detection Elimination program
to reduce the discharge of pollutants from its small separate storm sewer system. The
Stormwater Management Division has begun the initial process of cataloguing possible
sources of illicit discharge. A contract with EarthTech to assist the county in the development
of an illicit discharge detection and elimination guidance document was established and
approved by the County Board in February 2006. EarthTech will assist the County with the
development of the outfall mapping, dry weather sampling, and wet weather sampling
portions, as well as, performing technical reviews of the County guidance document. Earth
Tech has successfully implemented the data collection and monitoring portions of the illicit
discharge detection and elimination in other parts of the country. The Stormwater
Management Division will collaborate with Earth Tech to ensure the program developed by
County staff is as effective as possible. In addition, the County water quality staff met with
the Village of Addison to discuss Addison’s current illicit discharge detection and
elimination program and gain insight into the steps involved in creating an illicit discharge
detection elimination program.
DuDOT Measures taken to control leaks and spills – DuPage Department of Transportation
has included a new oil separator for the gas pump area as part of a recent lot reconstruction
project for Highway Maintenance. A new garage addition will also get its own oil separator.
Through its Water Quality Education Program, the county continues to provide information
about illicit discharges and ways that businesses and homeowners can conduct themselves to
prevent discharges from occurring; e.g. Gardening in your Wellhead Protection Area
Keeping your Drinking Water Clean, Fast Facts about Stormwater Runoff brochure, and
various newsletters (distributed by SCARCE and The Conservation Foundation).
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project – thorium

cleanup element
Pursuant to the local consent decree with Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC for thorium cleanup
along the West Branch DuPage River and Kress Creek, the 5 local agencies (City of West
Chicago, West Chicago Park District, City of Warrenville, Forest Preserve District of DuPage
County and the County of DuPage) have the right to review and approve the proposed cleanup
plan by Kerr McGee, as well as, oversee the actual cleanup activities to ensure compliance
with the decree. The County of DuPage agreed to act as the contracting agency to procure
such professional engineering services. In June of 2005, a contract with Christopher B. Burke
Engineering West, Ltd. (CBBEWL) was executed with DuPage County to review proposed
cleanup plans submitted by Kerr McGee, act as a liaison between Kerr McGee and the local
communities, and provide onsite observation and verification of cleanup activities.
D. Construction Site Runoff Control

D.1 Regulatory Control Program
D.2 Erosion & Sediment Control BMPs
D.4 Site Plan Review Procedures
D.5 Public Information Handling Procedures
D.6 Site Inspection/Enforcement Procedures

Review Appendix F and the accompanying Technical Guidance to see that erosion and sediment
control best management practices (BMPs) reflect the most current technology available to
reduce sediment from leaving the construction site to the Maximum Extent Practicable (MEP)
and that water quality objectives are being represented in construction site runoff controls.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Adopt possible Ordinance revisions.

The county issued approximately six violation notices for sediment and erosion control
violations at construction sites during the reporting year.
The Conservation Foundation sponsored a Certified Professional Erosion and Sediment

Control Certification course in January of 2006. Fourteen participants received certificates.
Ordinance Revisions (Erosion Sediment Control and FEMA):

In February 2006 the County Board adopted changes to the DuPage County Countywide
Stormwater and Flood Plain Ordinance that have NPDES Permit implications. These
changes include revisions to the flood plain, wetland, erosion and sediment, and enforcement
sections of the Ordinance. A summary of these changes is described below:
• A number of revisions to the flood plain sections of the Ordinance are required by FEMA to
maintain participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). These revisions are
primarily the inclusion of definitions that the NFIP requires in local ordinances to maintain
programmatic consistency. There are some minor clarifications of ordinance language to
make it consistent with the NFIP regulations. While FEMA acknowledged that the
Ordinance meets the intent of the NFIP Regulations, they are requiring these revisions to
maintain NFIP compliance.
• Due to FEMA not endorsing the new county Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM)
for insurance purposes in dual county communities, we are required to reference and
reinstate the previous flood insurance maps in these communities in Exhibit 2. FEMA does
however consider the new DFIRM maps best available information in dual county
communities for regulatory purposes. Therefore, the more accurate DFIRMs can and are
being used for compliance with the requirement of the Ordinance.
• The revisions to the erosion and sediment control section of the Ordinance strengthen the
requirements on BMP's for construction activities. These revisions bring the countywide
requirements for construction erosion and sediment control measures more in line with the
General NPDES Permit No. IL10 requirements.
• A revision to Section 15-201.1 is proposed to take advantage of a change in the State Statues
that increases the maximum fine that can be assessed from $750 to $1,000 per day for each
offense.
The county has begun work on developing a guidance document on appropriate permanent
BMP's that will be required for all future developments permitted under the Ordinance. It is
anticipated that this document will be out for public review later this year and adopted by the
county board during year 4 of the current NPDES Phase II permit period. Revisions to
Ordinance will also be proposed to implement the guidance document recommendations.
The IEPA 401 Water Quality certification – The county initiated discussions with IEPA to
insure that the county would administer 401 permit requirements with Army Corps of
Engineers confirmation for any applicant undergoing development in the jurisdiction of
United States under the Clean Water Act with wetland impacts.
ILR10 authority - The County updated the erosion and sediment control section of the
Ordinance to be more consistent with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
permit ILR10 for Storm Water Discharges from Construction Site Activities requirements.
The ILR10 permit requirements are applicable to construction sites such as single-family
homes and stormwater permits that are one acre or more in size with stormwater discharge.
The County issued One hundred-three Stormwater permits during the reporting year.
Permeable Pavers BMP Seminar

A Permeable Pavers BMP Seminar was held on March 1, 2005 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at
DuPage County. DuPage County in cooperation with the private consulting firm Unilock
Chicago hosted a seminar on permeable paving techniques introducing various new products
and teaching methods providing water quality benefits. Dr. Brian Shackel gave a
presentation on heavy-duty unit paving stones and permeable paving stone engineering and
design. Christopher Burke Engineering discussed the design objectives, challenges, and
outcomes of the Morton Arboretum parking lot design and its creative use of permeable
pavers. Following the presentations a panel of experts, consisting of the owner, designer,
municipality, and the lead researcher on block pavements offered a round table discussion
question and answer period on permeable pavers. Approximately eighty-four participants
attended the seminar.
DuPage County personnel with DuPage County and manufactures are analyzing and
determining appropriate uses of underground detention as it relates to water quality studies
and best management practices.
E. Post-Construction Runoff Control

E.2 Regulatory Control Program
E.3 Long Term O&M Procedures
E.4 Pre-Construction Review of BMP Designs
E.5 Site Inspections During Construction
E.6 Post-Construction Inspections

Review Appendix F and the accompaning Technical Guidance to see that post-construction
BMPs reflect the most current technology available to reduce pollutants from leaving the site to
the Maximum Extent Practicable (MEP) and that water quality objectives are being represented
in site runoff controls.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Adopt possible Ordinance revisions. Explore new or demonstration structural best management
practices that will further enhance water quality with Water Quality Stakeholder Workgroup and
Municipal Engineers.
.
F. Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping

F.1 Employee Training Program
F.2 Inspection/Maintenance Program
F.4 Municipal Operations Waste Disposal
F.5 Flood Management/Assessment Guidelines

A working group comprised of county staff, municipal engineers, DuPage Mayors & Managers
Conference, and the Water Quality Stakeholders Working Group will determine proper training
procedures on good housekeeping and pollution prevention for appropriate supervisory and/or
management employees on: 1) Building and Open Space Maintenance; 2) Vehicle/Fleet
Maintenance; 3) Materials Storage and Disposal; 4) Infrastructure Inspection and Maintenance;
and 5) Construction and Land Disturbances. Supervisors and/or managers will then provide their
employees with the appropriate training/information based on the needs of the facility.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Conduct at least one employee training session. Record attendees and ask them to complete a
session evaluation as well as submit suggestions for improvements.

A Floodplain Administration Seminar was held on Thursday, September 22, 2005 from 8:00
am to 12:00 noon at the City of Naperville’s Council Chambers. DuPage County and
Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. (ERA) sponsored the seminar. Bill Brown from the
County’s Stormwater Management Division presented the status of the Digital Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) and the County’s Regulatory Flood Mapping (RFM) efforts,
as well as a detailed overview of the County’s floodplain mapping procedures. Bruce Maki
of ERA presented various topics and issues related to permitting developments within
regulatory floodplain and floodway. Topics included compensatory storage, online detention
representing various municipalities, local governments, consulting firms and developers
within DuPage County.
The staff at the county is moving towards the preparation of a wetland permitting seminar to
permitting entities and private developers. This seminar will be presented at an
undetermined date in the next six months.

A working group will investigate and develop procedures for inspection and maintenance of
government-owned stormwater facilities, buildings and grounds, and infrastructure that
concentrate on employee training and record keeping. Operation and maintenance procedures
should consider: long-term inspection procedures, preventative maintenance, regular
maintenance, and schedules for maintenance of: any control that discharges into a separate storm
sewer, catch basins, storm drain systems, infiltration devices, detention and retention basins,
vegetated swales, buffers, water quality inlets, screens and filters, drainage channels, restored
channels and wetlands, dams, reservoirs, and filter strips; buildings and open-spaces; storage and
waste disposal areas; highways, roads, streets, bridges, roadside vegetation, runoff control
structures, and municipal parking areas; materials at maintenance and storage yards, fleet or
maintenance shops, salt and sand storage areas, waste transfer stations, waste collection and
recycling areas, and construction sites; snow disposal; litter and dumping controls; construction
and land disturbances; and, proper disposal of wastes, accumulated sediments, dredge spoil,
sludge, and floatables removed from storm sewers and other management practices. Effective
operation and maintenance methods should also consider: operating manuals, spill prevention
and cleanup procedures, storm water pollution prevention plans (SWPPP), and inventory and
inspection of materials and equipment. Record keeping will document current maintenance
activities and schedules.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Coordinate with employee training to assure consistency between procedures and guidelines.
Encourage facilities to recommend necessary improvements to procedures and guidelines with
records submittal for annual reporting. The Water Quality StakeHolders Workgroup can assess
those suggestions and make revisions as needed.

CITYWORKS is a database software program that is utilized to assist in the tracking of work
and repairs done to storm sewers, outfalls and utilities within the DuPage County limits.
CityWorks enables Public Works, Stormwater, and Drainage Divisions to more efficiently
manage field-based assets. One component of this asset-management program will enable
the County to map all storm sewer outfalls as part of its compliance with the illicit discharge
detection & elimination component of its NPDES Phase II permit. The eventual goal is to
create a countywide database of all outfall locations.
During the reporting year, CityWorks tracked the cleaning of four wet wells, two sewer
maintenance repairs, twenty-nine storm sewer back up repairs, four catch basin maintenance
repairs, three sewage treatment plant structure cleanouts, four discharge points, one dye
testing, two environmental checklists, three facility fence inspections for Fawell Dam, four
sewer flushes, three hydrant inspections, twenty-one hydrant maintenance repairs due to
leaking pipes, one hydrant repair, one hydrant flush, eight inlet pipe restorations, one
manhole sewer inspection, three wet well lift station cleanings, two sewer line repairs, two
location repairs, three maintenance repairs, two manhole inspections, sixty-five manhole
maintenance repairs, six miscellaneous Facility Management repairs, three miscellaneous

highway repairs, three miscellaneous SSA’s, twelve miscellaneous repairs, four New Bbox
repairs, two new valve repairs, one pipe re-lining, nine pump maintenance repair, thirteen
pump station maintenance repairs, three raise Bbox repairs, twenty-four general repairs, two
well house repairs, six Bbox repairs, three service point inspections, thirteen sewer main
repairs, twenty site restorations, two Steeple Run sewer maintenance repairs, twenty six
storage basin repairs, one storm sewer flushing, one stream inventory, twenty-one TV home
lateral repairs, twelve TV sewer main repairs, seven TV storm sewer repairs, one under
enclosure maintenance repair, nine valve exercising meter vault leak repairs, one valve
repair, two water flow inspections, forty-six water main break repairs, one Waterfall Glen
sewer repair, one well house maintenance repair and three Willow Falls sewer maintenance
repairs.
Catch basin cleaning equipment, schedule and procedures – DuPage Department of

Transportation owns one vactor truck. DuDOT cleans catch basins approximately once
every two years. An outside party cleans Stormceptors approximately once every two years.
Street sweeping equipment, schedule and procedures – DuPage Department of

Transportation owns three vacuum trucks and no mechanical sweepers. DuDOT highways
are swept approximately three times per year.
Location and pollution prevention measures for material storage - DuPage Department of
Transportation is keeping salt in a salt dome and the areas surrounding salt storage are
routinely kept clean.
There were no incidences of Noncompliance (ION) with DuPage Department of

Transportation.
Country Lakes Storm Sewer Improvements – The County funded an ongoing storm sewer
improvement construction project during the reporting year. The Country Lakes Storm
Sewer Improvements are located within the Ferry Creek Watershed. This project includes
the installation of additional storm sewer in the Country Lakes and Longwood Subdivisions,
located south of Diehl Road and west of Rt. 59, and the construction of compensatory
stormwater storage on property located at LaSalle Avenue and Bond Street. Benchmark
Construction was awarded this contract per low bid in the amount of $2,527, 827.16.
Construction of the project is nearly complete. Restoration work in the parkways of the
subdivision will be completed this spring, including tree planting along Glenoban and the
planting of the stormwater basin at Bond St. and LaSalle Avenue. An inlet to the storm
sewer system at the west end of Bruce Lane still needs to be installed. The proposed inlet is
on the Country Lakes Golf Course and staff has been negotiating with the landowner for an
easement to do this work.
The County funded three water quality projects during the reporting year. The projects are
listed below.
1) Wards Creek Streambank Stabilization Project, City of Darien

FY05 Funded: $36,067.00
This project was designed to restore 1,800 feet of Wards Creek between Creekside Drive and
86th Street in Brookeridge Subdivision. The project used bioengineering techniques to
stabilize and regrade the banks to eliminate erosion, and canopy clearing and thinning to
allow more light to reach the streambanks (encouraging native plant growth), and installation
of extended riffles runs to stabilize the channel bottom. This project has been completed.
2) Muddy Waters Pond Shoreline Stabilization Project, Village of Westmont

FY05 Funded $30,300.00
Muddy Waters Pond, located at the southwest corner of 63rd and Williams Streets, is a 20-
year old converted detention basin with a capacity of approximately 16 acre/feet. The project
was designed to restore its shoreline and create wetland zones using bioengineering
techniques to reduce erosion and non-point source pollution from urban runoff before the
water enters St. Joseph’s Creek. This project has been completed.
3) Lake Charles Shoreline Stabilization Project – Phase 3, Oakwood Homeowners

Association FY05 Funded $400.00
The Lake Charles shoreline restoration site is located in Westmont, north of Ogden Avenue
and west of Illinois Route 83. The 15.5-acre lake was constructed in 1972 as a retention
pond for the Oakwood Subdivision and has been undergoing various stages of restoration
since 1997. This 3rd stage included replacement of invasive and non-invasive species with
native submergent and emergent species along 100 feet of the eastern shoreline that will
prevent erosion and improve water quality. (The county also funded Phases 1 and 2 of this
project.) This project has been completed. The work was done entirely by volunteers.

Continue on-going efforts to ease flooding and flood damages to the maximum extent
practicable. Review and revise, as needed, Appendix F and other related appendices. Continue
to audit non-waiver and partial-waiver municipalities in DuPage County for compliance with
Appendix F. Continue as scheduled and track progress of watershed plans, hydrologic and
hydraulic models, and FIRM maps updates.
YEAR 3 MILESTONES:
Complete the adoption of proposed ordinance revisions. Continue to audit waiver and partial-
waiver municipalities for ordinance compliance. Continue watershed plans, modeling, and
FIRM map updates. Review current schedule, status, and funding for ongoing and proposed
flood control projects.

Watershed Plans:
The Kress Creek Watershed Plan provides a stormwater and floodplain management framework
for the conditions that are present within the Kress Creek Watershed. The Mainstem of Kress
Creek joins the West Branch DuPage River near Illinois Route 59 and drains the western
portion of DuPage County. The watershed planning information presented in the plan includes
an analysis of alternative projects designed to reduce or eliminate stormwater and flood
damages, watershed characteristics (hydrology and hydraulics), existing flooding and drainage
patterns and proposed creek crossing modifications. The Watershed Plan discusses the wetlands
identified and outlines the measures that provide appropriate mitigation of all impacted areas.
The Watershed plan also discusses the limits of the existing riparian areas located within the
boundaries of the Watershed and provides the framework for appropriate mitigation for the
areas impacted by future improvements in the Watershed. The County Board approved Kress
Creek Watershed Plan on April 26, 2005.
The Stormwater Management Committee meeting authorized the release of the West Branch
DuPage River Watershed Plan for public review at the January Stormwater Management
Committee meeting. A public comment period for the Plan was held from January 3, 2006 to
Feb 1, 2006. The West Branch Watershed Plan contains recommendations for various
engineering/environmental projects within the West Branch DuPage Watershed that will
improve water quality, expand natural areas, introduce and/or restore wildlife habitat and
provide an educational setting as it relates to the enhancement of the watershed. The County
Board adopted the West Branch Watershed Plan on February 14, 2006.
The purpose of developing the West Branch DuPage River watershed was to provide wetland
protection, riparian zone protection and enhancement, floodplain management, stream
restoration and bank stabilization, groundwater recharge, and water quality concerns within the
watershed. The bed and banks of the West Branch DuPage River from the West Chicago
Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to McDowell Grove Dam in Unincorporated DuPage County
comprise an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site subject to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Kerr-

McGee is responsible for the cleanup of radioactive thorium results in portion of the West
Branch, Kress Creek and their associated floodplains. Kerr-McGee remediation activities
include the excavation and processing of approximately 125,300 cubic yards of soil and
sediment, 77,200 of which will be hauled away for disposal.
The County funded five flood control projects during the reporting year. The ongoing flood
control projects are listed below:
River – Dumoulin Flood Control Project – The River-Dumoulin flood control project is
located along the East Branch DuPage River through the Village of Lisle. The project is in the
final design stage and includes maintenance to the levee crests on both sides of the river as well
as installation of four stormwater pump stations to alleviate floodwater that backs up behind the
levees. Final design, permitting and land acquisition tasks are currently in progress for the pump
stations and levee maintenance. County engineers have secured land rights for three of the four
pump stations and the Village of Lisle is responsible for securing the easements along the levee
for crust repair. Land rights for the fourth pump station are currently being negotiated between
the County and the private landowner. The levee easements are expected to move slowly as
there are more than 60 easements to acquire. Construction on the pump stations is anticipated to
begin summer or fall of this year. The construction schedule for the levee maintenance is highly
dependent on acquisition of the easements and therefore may not commence until 2007. The
estimated construction cost for this project is 1.4 million.
Huffman Street Flood Control Project (City of Naperville) – The Huffman Street Project is a
flood control project identified within Steeple Run Watershed Study and Flood Control Plan.
Steeple Run is a tributary to the West Branch DuPage River and covers an area of approximately
2.7 square miles. The watershed is located in Lisle Township and includes areas within the City
of Naperville and unincorporated areas within the County. The Huffman Street Project will
alleviate flooding to 32 homes in the Huffman/Julian Street area. The project will be constructed
in three phases.
Phase I involved the excavation of approximately 15.4 acre-feet of flood storage and the
installation of an underdrain system at County Commons Park. Phase I was completed by the
City of Naperville for a cost of $2.2 million. Phase II will involve the excavation of an
additional 57.6 acre-feet of flood storage from Spring Hill Basin and the Clara Ray Farm Field
along with the construction of a pump station and bypass channel. Phase II will cost
approximately $6.25 million and is scheduled for construction in 2006/2007. Phase III will
include the construction of a floodwall to prevent overflow into the Huffman Street area and
enlarging the Huffman Street storm sewer. The estimated cost of this phase is $4.8 million and
in scheduled for 2007/2008.
Kress Creek Reservoir Project - This project, located at Roosevelt Road and Fabayan
Parkway, includes the construction of a regional flood control facility in the Kress Creek
Watershed and the re-meandering and planting of a portion of Tributary No. 4 to Kress Creek to
provide water quality benefits. Earth Works, Ltd. was awarded this contract per low bid in the
amount of $3,891, 134.50. Construction of the reservoir was completed last year. Work tasks
that are expected this spring include the planting of the reservoir, the re-meandering and planting
of Tributary No. 4 to Kress Creek, and the construction of the in-stream weir structures and
siphon structure under McChesney Blvd. Permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and
the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) for this remaining work should be issued
this spring. Construction should be completed by June of 2006.
Crest Road Basin – The Crest Road Basin is part of the Marion Hills Improvements located
within the Marion Hills Subdivision in the City of Darien at the headwaters of the Sawmill Creek
Watershed. This project involved the excavation of a 30 acre-foot stormwater basin at Crest
Road and 67th Street. The project has been completed at a cost of $1.7 million. Minor vegetative
maintenance will need to be performed through the initial growing season. The project provides
flood control for residents in the Marion Hills Subdivision.
75th Street Basin – This project is also part of the Marion Hills Improvements located within the
City of Darien at the headwaters of the Sawmill Creek Watershed. This project is currently in
the final design phase. Construction of the 75th Street Basin will involve the excavation of a 33
acre-foot stormwater storage facility for a cost of approximately $1.7 million. Construction is
scheduled to begin later this year. The project will provide flood control relief for residents in
the Marion Hills Subdivision as well as portions of Willowbrook.

A Floodplain Administration Seminar was held on Thursday, September 22, 2005 from 8:00 am
to 12:00 noon at the City of Naperville’s Council Chambers. DuPage County and Engineering
Resource Associates, Inc. (ERA) sponsored the seminar. Bill Brown from the County’s
Stormwater Management Division presented the status of the Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps
(DFIRM) and the County’s Regulatory Flood Mapping (RFM) efforts, as well as a detailed
overview of the County’s floodplain mapping procedures. Bruce Maki of ERA presented
various topics and issues related to permitting developments within regulatory floodplain and
floodway. Topics included compensatory storage, floodplain determination, online detention
representing various municipalities, local governments, consulting firms and developers within
DuPage County.
Page 39 of 50 – Section C
SECTION C: Attach results of information collected and analyzed,

including monitoring data, if any, during the reporting period.
Six lakes in DuPage County were monitored as part of the Illinois Volunteer Lake Monitoring
Program – SECCHI Monitoring in 2005 through the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission.
However, the data collected was still in the process of being tabulated at the time of the report.
Lake Charles was monitored by two citizen volunteer groups and nearby homeowners. Fisheries
Biologist monitored Grove Lake, Herrick Lake and Rice Lake. The Village of Glen Ellyn and
the Park District monitored Lambert Lake. The Forest Preserve and DuPage Care provided time
and monitoring service for Lost Island Lake.
Lake Charles
Grove Lake
Herrick Lake
Rice Lake
Lambert Lake
Lost Island Lake (straddles the Cook-DuPage Co. border)
The DuPage River Citizens Assessing Regional Ecosystems (C.A.R.E.) monitoring program was
developed in partnership with the state DNR EcoWatch program. That program has been
dismantled over the past year and a half. In spite of this, The Conservation Foundation (TCF)
continued to have their sites monitored in 2004 and 2005 and held an open lab session to help
volunteers with macroinvertebrate identification. The data was submitted to the state. A
summary table of the data is included below. This year volunteers monitored 9 of 13 active sites.
Some sites could not be monitored due to drought conditions. Last year TCF had record high
water. This year TCF had record low water. TCF was not able to train and assign new monitors
to our orphaned sites, but plan to do that next year. TCF’s responsibilities now include training,
supervision, planning for data storage, lab coordination and field training. TCF has contracted
with an outside professional for help with these trainings and labs.
In a new development, TCF began a pilot project to add chemical testing parameters to our
macroinvertebrate sites. Two members of the Benedictine University chemistry department
faculty are working with their regular and graduate students to conduct a variety of tests on
samples collected by TCF’s monitors in May and June. If the program goes well, TCF plans to
collect samples throughout the year and test for various parameters from nutrients to heavy
metals. It is TCF’s hope that the students will generate a report to share in TCF’s newsletters and
at the DuPage River Coalition meetings. Benedictine staff attended TCF’s Tribute to DuPage
Rivers events in the summer of 2005 to share the project with the public.
2005 Active River Monitors
Mr. Gregg Kulma Mr.Mark Mondrala Mr.Tim Micheau

r Downers Grove, IL 60515 West Chicago, IL 60185 Naperville, IL 60563
Mr. Jeffrey Duncan

Mr. Al Ettinger Jim & Alice Stuhlmacher
North Aurora, IL 60542
Chicago, IL 60627 Wheaton, IL 60187
Ms.Margaret Gazdacka Mr. Roger Klocek

Plainfield, IL 60544 Mr. Jim Kleinwachter
Itasca, IL 60143
Warrenville, IL 60555
Ms. Hollis Ude Mr. Tom Wartell Mr. Scott Buckley

Wheaton, IL 60189 Naperville, IL 60565 Naperville, IL 60540
Ms. Bonnie Weiss Mr. John Griffis Mr. Vernon Miller

Arlington Heights. IL 60005 Plainfield, IL 60544 Lisle, IL 60532
Mr. Tom Wartell Mr. Tom Richardson Mr. Matt Konfirst

Naperville, IL 60565 Oak Brook, IL 60523 Carol Stream, IL 60188
2004 – 2005 CARE Monitoring Data Sites

DuPage Care Sites - 2005
Site ID Site Name Status Monitor Taxa EPT Taxa MBI Quality Comments
Richness Richness
none Hidden Lake Active T. 10 1 6.96 very poor monitored
Forest Preserve Richardson '04,' 05 not in
state
database
none Springbrook Active M. Gazfacka, 6 1 6.11 poor monitored '04,
Creek, Itasca B. Weiss '05, not in
state database
R0208101 W. Br. DuPage, Active G. Kulma 7 0 6.04 poor monitored
Naperville '95, '96, '98
'03, '04, '05
R0208104 W. Br. DuPage, Active R. Klocek, T. 12 2 6.96 very poor monitored
Knoch Knolls Pk Wartell '97, '98, '99,
'00, '03, '04,
'05
R0207801 Springbrook Active R. Klocek, T. 5 2 6.9 very poor monitored
Creek, Wartell '97, '98, '99,
Naperville '00, '03, '04,
'05
R0207503 Lily Cache Active J. Griffis 14 1 5.82 poor monitored
Creek Four '98, '99, '00,
Seasons '01, '03, '04,
'05
R0207503 Lily Cache Active J. Griffis 14 3 5.51 fair monitored
Creek Van Horn '98, '99, '00,
Woods '01, '03, '04,
'05
R0208102 W. Br. DuPage, Active A. Ettinger 8 2 4.96 good monitored
Bartlett '96, '97, '98,
'02, '03, '04,
'05
R0207501 Lily Cache Active S. Buckley, monitored
Creek, Plainfield V. Miller '01, '02, 04,
05 forms
mailed to
DNR, not to
TCF
R0207802 Springbrook Active T. Micheau, not
Creek, Dragon F. monitored '05
Lake FP Novakowski - health
problems
R0208401 Klein Creek Active M. Mondrala Monitored
'97, '98, '02,
'03, '04, not
monitored '05
- family crisis
R0208402 Klein Creek, Active J. monitored
Carol Stream Stuhlmacher '98, '01, '03,
'04, not
monitored '05
- no water in
it this year
R0214501 Winfield Cr. Active J. monitored
Kleinwachter, '97, '98, '04,
H. Ude not
monitored
monitored '05
- poor
conditions
R0212001 Sawmill Creek, Active J. Hicks monitored
Bluff Rd '96, '97, '98,
'99, '00, '01,
'02, '03, not
sure about
'04 & '05
R0212002 Sawmill orphaned
Creek,Cass Ave
R0212003 Sawmill Creek, orphaned
Waterfall Glen
R0212401 Meacham orphaned
Creek,
Bloomingdale
DuPage River Salt Creek (DRSCW) TMDL Workgroup – The group is comprised of
respond to the TMDL’s established by the EPA for Salt Creek and the East Branch waterways
by developing a watershed monitoring plan, gathering data, and verifying and evaluating
potential remedies to the identified impairments along Salt Creek and the DuPage River. The
county appropriated $24,581 from its Public Works fund, $25,000 from its Stormwater fund
towards that effort during this permit year. DuPage County contributions paid approximately
9% of the bills at the DuPage River Salt Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
Workgroup in 2005-2006.
DO Study - In late 2005 the Workgroup hired a contractor to complete a DO feasibility study
for salt Creek and The East Branch of the DuPage River. The contractor selected was HDR
Engineering. The Study will model DO along each water way, identify DO sags; investigate
potential remedies (in stream aeration and dam removal and modification). The study also
involves regular updates of stakeholder groups and production of a detailed existing conditions
document on a GIS format. Two public workshops were organized by HDR along with
newsletters in November 2005 and February 2006 to explain the feasibility study and their
progress to the stakeholders and the general public. Project recommendations will be available
in early 2007.
Bioassessment Plan. In early 2006 the Workgroup hired the Midwest Biodiversity Institute,
to develop a comprehensive monitoring program for biological assemblages. The sampling
sites will be selected using both mathematical modeling and targeting based on watershed
features. The final report is due in May 1st, 2006. The execution of the sampling plan to form
a baseline to take place during the summers of 2006 and 2007. A limited water chemistry
sampling program is to run alongside this program.
Continuous monitoring. The Workgroup is putting in place a network of sampling stations

that will provide a continuous data of dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity and pH.
Nine DS5X probes were purchased from hydro lab, Hach Environmental in late 2005.
Locations that will be functional June to September 2006 are given in map one. Preexisting
probes (shown in red on the map) are those probes placed and managed by Workgroup
members prior to the formation of the Workgroup, but who will be integrated into the network.
Five sites fall into this category. Probes deploy sites (shown in green on Map 1) are those
deployed by the Workgroup directly, 12 sites fall into this category. Sites in this category with
probes in place at the time of this report are highlighted. Results from the continuous
monitoring program will be available in September 2006


FPD installation/


Page 45 of 50 – Section D
SECTION D: Attach a summary of the stormwater activities you

plan to undertake during the next reporting cycle (including an
implementation schedule).
The following stormwater activities are planned for year 4 (as stated in the county’s NOI). They
may include participation from co-permitting municipalities and township highway districts:
A. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

A.1 Distributed Paper Material
A.2 Speaking Engagement
A.3 Public Service Announcement
A.4 Community Event
A.5 Classroom Education Material
Through a consortium of public and private agencies develop and offer a Corporate Stormwater
Program that will reward businesses in DuPage County for their environmental stewardship on
corporate campuses. Continue to provide workshops on new and demonstration BMPs as well as
new Ordinance requirements that may have been approved.
B. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION/INVOLVEMENT
Go through the formal adoption process for any Ordinance and Technical Guidance revisions.
Present pollution prevention and illicit discharge detection and elimination program/procedures
to the DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee for comments responses.
B.4 Public Hearing

Public hearings for possible DuPage County Stormwater Management Plan Appendix updates as
needed.

Review data to see if there are trends being established for the watersheds in DuPage County that
will indicate potential new sites for monitoring or that more intensive monitoring needs to take
place at a given site.
C. ILLICIT DISCHARGE DETECTION/ELIMINATION

C.1 Storm Sewer Map Preparation
C.2 Regulatory Control Program
C.3 Detection/Elimination Prioritization Plan
C.4 Illicit Discharge Tracing Procedures
C.5 Illicit Source Removal Procedures
C.6 Program Evaluation/Assessment
With database of all known storm sewer outfalls determined, develop the monitoring program
utilizing water quality information from other agencies that will establish a prioritization plan for
detection and elimination efforts. Evaluate possible funding sources for detection and
elimination plan.
D. Construction Site Runoff Control

D.1 Regulatory Control Program
D.2 Erosion & Sediment Control BMPs
D.4 Site Plan Review Procedures
D.5 Public Inform. Handling Procedures
D.6 Site Inspection/Enforcement Proced.
If Ordinance changes have been adopted then incorporate these into workshops through the
DuPage County Water Quality Education Program.
E. Post-Construction Runoff Control

E.2 Regulatory Control Program
E.3 Long Term O&M Procedures
E.4 Pre-Const Review of BMP Designs
E.5 Site Inspections During Construction
E.6 Post-Construction Inspections
Create a voluntary “Corporate Stormwater Program” through the DuPage County Water Quality
Education program that will reward businesses in DuPage County for their environmental
stewardship on corporate campuses such as retrofitting stormwater detention basins, naturalizing
basins or conveyance swales, and the reduction and/or modification of herbicide and pesticide
application.
F. Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping

Conduct at least one employee training session, targeting those that were unable to attend the
previous session and new hires. Record attendees and ask them to complete a session evaluation
as well as submit suggestions for improvements. County facilities should submit records of
employee training conducted in-house and encourage them to document any other methods of
on-going training within their facility.

Provide facilities with revised procedures and guidelines, if needed. Continue coordination with
employee training. County facilities will submit records of pollution prevention and good
housekeeping activities for annual reporting.
.
Continue to audit waiver and partial-waiver municipalities for Ordinance compliance. Evaluate
schedule, revise as needed, and track and display progress and current status for watershed plans,
models, and FIRM map updates. Continue watershed plans, models, and FIRM map updates.
Page 48 of 50 – Section E
SECTION E: The 40 co-permittees listed in the cover letter rely on

DuPage County to satisfy some of their permit obligations as
applicable.
Page 49 of 50 – Section F
SECTION F: Attach a list of construction projects that your entity

has paid for during the reporting period.
DuPage County Projects:
Location/Project Name Category Start Date – End Date
Wilson & Willow 6000’ of Storm Sewer Drainage May 05 – Sept 05
Mack Road Drainage June 05
Walnut Avenue Drainage September 05
Campus Detention Pond Expansion Drainage August 05
Papworth & Geneva Drainage April 06
Willow & Grand Drainage May 06
Dorchester & Cotuit Drainage May 06
Morton & Marden Drainage May 06
Darling & Geneva Drainage July 05
Cumnor Road Drainage April 05
Rodeck Lane Drainage August 05
Blair & Calvin Drainage February 05
Black Partridge Creek (Unincorporated) 1350’ stretch Stream May 2005
Maintenance
Ferry Creek (Unincorporated) 3000’ stretch Stream Oct.-Nov. 2005
Maintenance
nd
22 Street Tributary (Lombard) 800’ stretch Stream January 2006
Maintenance
Winfield Creek (Winfield) 1000’ stretch Stream April 2005
Maintenance
Wards Creek Streambank Stabilization Water Mar 05 – June 06
Project, City of Darien Quality
Muddy Waters Pond Shoreline Stabilization Water June 05 – September 06
Project, Village of Westmont Quality
Lake Charles Shoreline Stabilization Project -Phase 3, Water April 05 – August 06
Oakwood Homeowners Association Quality
st
Lemont Road, 101 Street/Waterfall Glen Entrance DuDOT Oct. 05 – June 06
Army Trail Road, Regency Drive to Swift Road DuDOT June 04 – March 06
Maple Avenue, Benedictine Way to Yackley Avenue DuDOT Aug. 05 – Nov. 05
Naperville Road at Diehl Road DuDOT July 05 – May 06
Thorndale Avenue, Woodale Road to IL 83 DuDOT May 05 – May 06
Jewel Road, County Farm to Gary Avenue DuDOT June 05 – May 06
Page 50 of 50 – Section F
Southern DuPage Regional Trail, 75th St., Plainfield DuDOT May 05 – June 06
Rd.
59th Street Bikepath, Western to Clarendon Hills Road DuDOT Aug 05 – Sept. 05
Additional co-permittees’ construction project lists are attached.

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Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)

PLEASE NOTE THAT ANNUAL REPORTING FOR SECTIONS B AND D

A. Public Education and Outreach D. Construction Site Runoff Control

SECTION B: Attach the status of compliance with permit

A. Public Education and Outreach

MEASUREABLE GOALS, INCLUDING FREQUENCIES:

COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:

Permeable Pavers BMP Seminar

Floodplain Administration Seminar

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project – West Branch

A.5 The county, through SCARCE, purchased approximately 26 three-dimensional watershed

A.4 COMMUNITY EVENTS

A.5 CLASSROOM EDUCATION MATERIALS

A.6 OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION

A.1 DISTRIBUTED PAPER MATERIALS

A.2 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

A.3 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

STORM DRAIN STENCILING

A.4 COMMUNITY EVENTS

River Sweep – June 4, 2005

Tons and Types of Litter: Approximately 8 tons

500+ ft of drainage pipe shopping carts Complete car doors

A.5 CLASSROOM EDUCATION MATERIALS

Mighty Acorns Program 2005

2005 Northeastern Illinois Envirothon

 B.3 Stakeholder Meeting

COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:

DuPage County Adopt-A-Stream Program is a volunteer program available to citizens and

• DO Study. In late 2005 the Workgroup hired a contractor to complete a DO feasibility

Probe Deployment Sites. Year 1

Probe Deployment Sites. Year 1

EB- East Branch, WB- West Branch, SC - Salt Creek

Table 1. Probe Deployment Sites for Year 1.

 B.4 Public Hearing

COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Kerr-

Ordinance Revisions (Erosion Sediment Control and FEMA):

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration project – West Branch restoration

 B.5 Volunteer Monitoring

COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:

2004 – 2005 CARE Monitoring Data Sites

C. Illicit Discharge Detection/Elimination

MEASURABLE GOALS, INCLUDING FREQUENCIES:

COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:

Waste disposal procedures – DuPage Department of Transportation is requiring disposal of

Continuous monitoring. The Workgroup is putting in place a network of sampling stations

Probe Deployment Sites. Year 1

Probe Deployment Sites. Year 1

EB- East Branch, WB- West Branch, SC - Salt Creek

Table 1. Probe Deployment Sites for Year 1.

The IDDE guidance document provides assistance to communities in formalizing a program

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project – thorium

D. Construction Site Runoff Control

MEASURABLE GOALS, INCLUDING FREQUENCIES:

COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:

The Conservation Foundation sponsored a Certified Professional Erosion and Sediment

Ordinance Revisions (Erosion Sediment Control and FEMA):

Permeable Pavers BMP Seminar

E. Post-Construction Runoff Control

MEASURABLE GOALS, INCLUDING FREQUENCIES:

COMPLETED TASKS IN YEAR 3:

F. Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping

B.3 Stakeholder Meeting

B.4 Public Hearing

B.5 Volunteer Monitoring

F.1 Employee Training Program

F.2 Inspection/Maintenance Program

F.5 Flood Management/Assessment Guidelines

B.4 Public Hearing

B.5 Volunteer Monitoring

F.2 Inspection/Maintenance Program