Illinois River Basin Restoration (Sec 519, WRDA 2000)
Rock Island District Website: http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil
Agenda• Summary of HQ Com.• 2015 Plan
• Rest Projects• Monitoring• Special Studies
• Next Steps, Tasks
Illinois River Basin RestorationStudy Area & Concept
• Sponsor – State of IllinoisState of Indiana & Others ?
• Basin 3 States, 30,000 sq. mi.
• Restoration Program Concept from EMP & Everglades
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Rock Island
Illinois River RestorationComprehensive Plan
Schedule– Public Review of Alt. – Dec 03– Independent Tech Review – April 04– Corps Policy Review – May – Nov 04– Responses to HQ Comments/Scheduling AFB *– Public Review Draft Plan – Jan – Mar 05 – Final Comprehensive Plan – Jun 05– Chief’s Report – Sep 05
Funding FY05 ???
FY05
Funding
IL River Eco (GI)
$180
IL River Basin (GI)
$360
IL River Basin (CG)
$2,300**
Draft Work Plan 05
• Illinois Ecosystem (GI)– Complete Comp Plan, NEPA, FWS Coord,
Public Involvement$180k
• Illinois Basin 519 (GI)– Sites (Pekin South, Kankakee,
McKee - Gage) $300k– Sediment Gages $60k– Watershed Assessments (In Kind) $180k+
Work Plan 05
• Illinois Basin 519 (CG) - $2.3m available ??–Pekin Lake - Northern Unit - Draft PCA $ 15k–Pekin Lake - Southern Unit - P&S $335k–Waubonsie – P&S $150k–PCAs & Construction Award – Peoria $ ??k
• Not Currently Approved/Included–Monitoring or CIA–Special Studies
HQ Policy Comments
• Details on 2015 Plan• Real Estate Issues
–Type of Estates–Use of CREP Lands–Willing Land Owners
• Delegation of Approvals• Implementation Procedures• Adaptive Management• Justification of System Recommendations• Relationship to Navigation Study
TimeExistingHistoric
Restoration AlternativesRestoration Alternatives
Desired Future
No Action
Alternative 2
Alternative 6
Alternative 3Alternative 4
Alternative 7
Alternative 1
Alternative 5
* Not to Scale – Illustrative Purposes only
Future
Eco
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EffectivenessNo Action Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Alt 4 Alt 5 Alt 6 Alt 7
Goal 1 - Sediment Reduction (20% Reduction) 0% 12% 25% 50% 50% 50% 100% 100%
Goal 2 - Backwaters (19,000 acres) 0% 19% 32% 45% 32% 45% 63% 95%
Goal 2 - Side Channels (number) 0% 25% 50% 75% 50% 75% 88% 100%
Goal 3 - Mainstem Floodplain (150k acres) 0% 3% 3% 13% 3% 27% 50% 100%
Goal 3 -Tributary Floodplain (150k acres) 0% 3% 7% 13% 13% 27% 50% 100%
Goal 3 - Aquatic Restoration (1k miles) 0% 3% 5% 10% 10% 20% 50% 100%
Goal 4 - Fish Passage (miles) 0% 0% 0% 23% 78% 78% 78% 100%
Goal 5 - Water Level - Mainstem (% Reduction 1 foot fluctuations) 0% 0% 0% 66% 66% 66% 66% 73%
Goal 5 - Water Level - Tributary (% increase in base flow) 0% 0% 10% 10% 40% 40% 40% 100%
Goal 5 - Water Level - Tributary (% reductions in peak flow) 0% 7% 10% 10% 35% 35% 48% 100%
Combined Goals (Equal Weighting) 0% 7% 14% 32% 38% 46% 63% 97%
Evaluation of Benefits
Incremental Cost Analysis
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75
100
125
150
175
200
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Best Buy Plans - Alternatives
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Attainment
Alt. 4
Alt. 5 Alt. 6
Alt. 7
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Cost Percent1.10$ 1.10$ 1.10$ 1.10$ 1.10$ 10.10$ 1.4%9.00$ 11.00$ 13.08$ 13.08$ 13.08$ 89.93$ 12.0%5.00$ 7.00$ 10.00$ 12.50$ 13.08$ 55.08$ 7.4%1.00$ 1.00$ 1.00$ 1.00$ 1.00$ 10.00$ 1.3%
50.00$ 70.00$ 100.00$ 125.00$ 130.76$ 582.76$ 77.9%
66.10$ 90.10$ 125.18$ 152.68$ 159.01$ 747.86$ 100.0%
Alternative 6 - Authorization through 20152005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Management 0.50$ 0.60$ 0.70$ 0.80$ 1.00$ 1.00$ Monitoring 1.70$ 4.00$ 5.50$ 6.00$ 6.50$ 7.00$
Adaptive Mgmt 2.00$ 2.50$ 3.00$ Special Studies 0.50$ 0.50$ 1.00$ 1.00$ 1.00$ 1.00$
Restoration Projects 7.00$ 10.00$ 15.00$ 20.00$ 25.00$ 30.00$
Total 9.70$ 15.10$ 22.20$ 29.80$ 36.00$ 42.00$
Draft Study Team Recommendation
Critical Restoration ProjectStatus
Peoria Riverfront (Upper Island) - DesignPekin Lake (North) – DesignPekin Lake (South) – Complete Feas, DesignWaubonsie Creek – DesignMcKee Creek – Sediment Gage Kankakee River – On holdBlackberry Creek – On holdIroquois River – On hold
Draft Detailed 2015 Restoration Project Analysis
200
5 2006 2007200
8 2009201
0201
1 2012 2013 2014 2015
Peoria 2.6 3.8 0.9
Pekin N 0.02 2.5 2.5 1.3
Pekin S 0.35 2.5 2.5 2.6
Waubonsie 0.15 0.02 1.7 1.1
Kank State Line 0.25 0.35
Kank 0.4 0.25 0.2 2.5 2.5
Iroquois 0.25 0.25 2.5 2.5
Black 0.3 0.25 0.25 2.5 2.5
McKee 0.3 0.25 0.25 2.5 2.5
Peoria Tribs 0.3 0.25 0.25 2.5 2.5
Others 0.9 0.75 0.75 7.5 7.5 7.5
3.5210.4
710.0
5 11.513.2
5 15 7.5 7.5 0 0 0
* Additional projects would be added & constructed out through 2015
Monitoring Approach
• Spatial framework–Mainstem–Sub-basin–Local
• Alternative Framework–System–Goal–Project
Focused Research/Special Studies
• Bed Load Estimation
• BMP effectiveness
• Impervious Cover assessment
• Sediment yield model
• Ecosystem indicators of system responses
• Fish habitat use and movements
• Scalability of ecosystem indices
• Overwinter habitat use
• Summarization of existing data
• Scale influence on slope determination
Uncompleted from 2002 Work Plan
• Dvlp IRMP/CIA Partial• Dvlp of Sediment Removal Partial• Evaluate Habitat & Benefits Unfunded• Watershed Assessment Tools
Partial/White• RMTs & Implementation Tools Minimal• Historic Aerial Photos Part/Server• Conservation Mapping Unfunded• Sediment Surveys and Char.Part/Cores• Digitize Historic Maps Part/Peoria
Uncompleted from 2002 Work Plan
• Pekin Lake (Northern) Complete• Pekin Lake (Southern) Complete• Waubonsie Complete• Iroquois River Draft• McKee Creek Gage• Blackberry Creek Scoping• Kankakee Model• New Project Fact Sheets Over Est.
System Alternative Plans - Benefits SummaryAlt - Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Alternative Biodiversity Sediment Delivery Backwaters &
Side ChannelsFloodplain, Riparian, &
Aquatic
Connectivity Water Level Management
Water Quality
No Action Decline Some Increase Delivery
Decline 1-2%/yr No Change Potential Improvement
More Fluctuations Minor Improvement
Alt 1 Regional Improvements
0% Upper Tribs 20% Peoria Tribs 0% Lower Tribs
3,600 BW acres 10 Side Channel 10 Island Protect
5,000 acres MS 5,000 acres Trib 25 stream miles
-1.5% TPF 0% TBF 0% MSF
Minor Regional Improvements
Alt 2 Maintain Current Habitat at System
Level
0% Upper Tribs 40% Peoria Tribs 0.5% Lower Tribs
6,100 BW acres 20 Side Channel 15 Island Protect
5,000 acres MS 10,000 acres Trib 50 stream miles
-2.3% TPF +5% TBF 0% MSF
Regional Improvement
Alt 3 Begin System Improvements - Sediment Focus
11% Upper Tribs 40% Peoria Tribs 4% Lower Tribs
8,600 BW acres 30 Side Channel 15 Island Protect
20,000 acres MS 20,000 acres Trib 100 stream miles
Fox, DuPage, Des Plaines
-2.3% TPF +5% TBF
-66% MSF
Some System Improvement
Alt 4 Begin System Improvements - Tributary Focus
11% Upper Tribs 40% Peoria Tribs 4% Lower Tribs
6,100 BW acres 20 Side Channel 15 Island Protect
5,000 acres MS 20,000 acres Trib 100 stream miles
Fox, DuPage, Des Plaines, Kankakee, Spoon, Aux Sable
-8% TPF +20% TBF -66% MSF
Some System Improvement
Alt 5 Ecosystem Integrity Stable
11% Upper Tribs 40% Peoria Tribs 4% Lower Tribs
8,600 BW acres 30 Side Channel 15 Island Protect
40,000 acres MS 40,000 acres Trib 250 stream miles
Fox, DuPage, Des Plaines, Kankakee, Spoon, Aux Sable
-8% TPF +20% TBF -66% MSF
Some System Improvement
Alt 6 Measurable Increase at
System Level
11% Upper Tribs 40% Peoria Tribs 20% Lower Tribs
12,000 BW acres 35 Side Channel 15 Island Protect
75,000 acres MS 75,000 acres Trib 500 stream miles
Fox, DuPage, Des Plaines, Kankakee, Spoon, Aux Sable
-11% TPF, +20% TBF -66% MSF, Peoria & LaGrange
Drawdown
Some System Improvement
Alt 7 Reasonable Upper Bound to
System Improvements
11% Upper Tribs 40% Peoria Tribs 20% Lower Tribs
18,000 BW acres 40 Side Channel 15 Island Protect
150,000 acres MS 150,000 acres Trib 1000 stream miles
Fox, DuPage, Des Plaines, Kankakee, Spoon, Aux Sable, 3 Mainstem Dams
-23% TPF, +50% TBF -73% MSF, Peoria & LaGrange
Drawdown
Some System Improvement
System Plans - Cost Summary 11-Jan-04
Benefits by Goal Category
2 3 4 5 6 Cost ($ Millions)
Alternative Sediment Delivery
Backwaters & Side Channels
Floodplain, Riparian, &
Aquatic
Connectivity Water Level Management
Const. Total Total Program
No Action – – – – –
Alt 1
$ 95 $ 365 $ 160 – $ 170 790$ 1,003$
Alt 2
$ 210 $ 620 $ 275 – $ 305 1,410$ 1,757$
Alt 3
$ 560 $ 870 $ 640 $ 50 $ 310 2,430$ 2,991$
Alt 4
$ 560 $ 620 $ 505 $ 55 $ 1,105 2,845$ 3,489$
Alt 5
$ 560 $ 870 $ 1,390 $ 55 $ 1,105 3,980$ 4,876$
Alt 6
$ 1,040 $ 1,205 $ 2,675 $ 55 $ 1,575 6,550$ 7,965$
Alt 7
$ 1,040 $ 1,805 $ 5,350 $ 290 $ 4,325 12,810$ 15,485$
Executive CommitteeSteering Committee(State/Fed Interagency)
Stakeholders Group
System Team(Corps/DNR Tech Teams)
Upper IllinoisRegional TeamILDNR Region 2
Corps - Chicago & Rock Island
Middle IllinoisRegional Team
ILDNR Region 1,3Corps - Rock Island
KankakeeRegional Team – ILDNR Reg.
2&3, Corps - Rock Island & Chicago
Lower IllinoisRegional TeamILDNR Region 4Corps - St. Louis
Science AdvisoryCommittee (State)
Fox RiverRegional Team
WIDNRCorps - Rock Island
Upper Kankakee (IN)Regional Team
IN DNR, Corps - Rock Island, Chicago, Detroit
Assessment Process
Assess. Areas Selected
Phase 1 Assess.
Phase 2 Assess.
Submit Fact Sheet
Regional Team Eval.
System Team Evaluation
Exec. Comm. Finalizes & Approves
Science Advisory Committee
Steering Committee
Complete Feasibility Report
Regional Team Proposal
System Team Review
Exec. Comm. Finalizes & Approves
Feasibility Process (Initiation & Completion)
Implementation/Const. ProcessConduct Plans & Specs. & Pre-Project Monitoring
Implement Project
Regional Team Submits Feas. Report
Exec. Comm. Finalizes & Approves
Exec. Comm. Finalizes & Approves
Fact Sheet
Including NEPA, CERP, and Permits
Post Project Monitoring
Regional Team Modified Future Project Proposals
System Team Evaluation
Science Advisory Committee
Monitoring Findings
Post Construction Evaluation Process
Recommend updates to RMTs
Recommend updates to Monitoring
Recommend Adaptive Management