Seeks Citizens' Comments New initiative focuses on entire watersheds as basic management units in effort to protect or restore Illinois water resources.
Watersheds are regions draining into rivers, river systems or other bodies of water.
Workshop participants then comment on the proposed program and recommend additional WMP considerations. Traditional approaches to water quality programs evaluate possible contaminants by individual chemicals and sources. The WMP instead emphasizes common-sense approaches recognizing the need for involvement by citizens and by those having to comply with environmental laws. The final WMP looks holistically at the range of problems affecting a given watershed, recognizing that most watersheds face an array of interrelated concerns rather than a single problem. The WMP focuses on the total spectrum of water resrouce issues.