Main Title |
Status Report on the Calumet Area Post Action Surveillance Project, Department of the Interior. |
CORP Author |
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Washington, DC.; Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL. Great Lakes National Program Office. |
Year Published |
1967 |
Stock Number |
PB2014-103592 |
Additional Subjects |
Grand Calumet River ;
Chemical compounds ;
Ground water ;
Water resources ;
Water wells ;
Water quality ;
Geohydrology ;
Water pollution sampling ;
Hydraulic conductivity ;
Trace elements ;
Indiana ;
Aquifers ;
Surface waters ;
Water chemistry ;
Pollution regulations ;
Indiana Harbor Canal(Indiana)
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Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB2014-103592 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
98p |
Abstract |
The Calumet area is a flat plain located at the southern end of Lake Michigan and includes the Calumet-Little Calumet River system, the Grand Calumet- Indiana Harbor Canal system, Wolf Lake and its outlet. It includes approximately 742 sq. miles and forms a part of the continental divide between the Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin. Approximately 60% of the area drains to Lake Michigan and the remaining 40% drains to the Mississippi River by way of the Illinois River system. Despite this fact the area is not well drained. There are large, marshy, low-lying areas which are subject to flooding during and after heavy rainfalls. The streams are sluggish and meandering except where they have been artificially maintained and/or supplemented by industrial or municipal waste flows. The Grand Calumet and the Little Calumet Rivers both traverse the divide. On the Grand Calumet the divide is normally located at the Hammond, Indiana sewage Treatment Plant outfall. Approximately two thirds of the effluent flows west into the Calumet River in Illinois and one third flows east to the Indiana Harbor Canal and Lake Michigan. Rainfall and lake level conditions can cause the divide to shift to either the east or the west. The location of the divide on the Little Calumet River is not definite and varies over a distance of several miles in the vicinity of Highland, Indiana. The western portion flows to the Cal-Sag Channel in Illinois which connects the system to the Illinois River. The eastern portion flows to lake Michigan by way of Burns Ditch which discharges to the lake near Ogden Dunes, Indiana. |
Supplementary Notes |
Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL. Great Lakes National Program Office. |
Availability Notes |
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PUB Date Free Form |
Aug 1967 |
Category Codes |
68D; 43F; 48G; 91A |
NTIS Prices |
PC A06 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
111201810 |
Origin |
NTIS |
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CAT |