About 35 miles southwest of Chicago, Joliet is at the epicenter of a regional water crisis where many suburbs will run out of water supplied by the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer by 2030, according ...

Neighbors of the Pattison Co. quarry say the Department of Natural Resources is failing to meaningfully investigate the ...

DES MOINES | The DNR will hold three public hearings in April on proposed rule changes that would govern the use of the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer (commonly called the Jordan Aquifer) in Iowa.

which has a more formal title of the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer. The commission will hold three public hearings in April: April 8 in Coralville, April 9 in Des Moines and April 10 in Fort Dodge.

This invisibility results from the fact that the crisis lurks underground in the collapsing Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer beneath Will, Kendall, Kane, McHenry and Lake counties. The Illinois State ...

or pumping from deep bedrock aquifers like the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer (aka “Jordan” aquifer). Both of these aquifer types are vulnerable to drought and overuse. Water levels in shallow ...

Prior. Iowa has four bedrock aquifers, each at a different depth with varying water quality: The Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer, commonly called the Jordan aquifer because of its Jordan sandstone ...

Prior. The Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer, commonly called the Jordan aquifer because of its Jordan sandstone formation. This aquifer underlays nearly all of the state, except for far Northwest Iowa.

"to the extent practicable allocations to new users of Lake Michigan water shall be made with the goal of reducing withdrawals from the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer." This policy only applies to ...

It came during the Ordovician period, right after the Cambrian came to a close 485 million years ago. The Ordovician Radiation, also called the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE ...