The Lumpkin Family Foundation hosted its biannual Gathering of Environmental Grantees on October 20 and 21, 2005 at the Q Center in St. Charles, Illinois. The title of this year's meetings was "Ensuring a Clean and Sustainable Water Supply in Illinois: Successes and Challenges Ahead". Participants heard from colleagues, experts, funders and Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn about water issues in Illinois. Click below for copies of the presentations made at the meeting.
- Jean Flemma - Status and shortcomings of legal and regulatory framework for regulating ground and surface water in withdrawals in Illinois Dave Larson - Impacts of ground and surface water depletion on ecosystems in Illinois
- Dave Larson
- Jeff Wickenkamp - Impacts of poorly planned growth on ground and surface water in Chicago area
- Jack Darin - Illinois EPA enforcement and infrastructure funding shortfalls - impacts and ramifications for water quality
- Rebecca Stanfield - Mercury pollution in Illinois waters - scope of the problem
- Cameron Davis - Great Lakes Compact - A regional approach to controlling water withdrawals