• By: Water Resources Action Plan Task Force & McHenry County Department of Planning and Development

Hydrogeology and Water Quality of Sand and Gravel Aquifers in McHenry County, Illinois, 2009–14, and Comparison to Conditions in 1979 - October 2017

• By: Amy M. Gahala
  • Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5112 
  • U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey

Illinois Water Well (ILWATER) Interactive Map Website

• Website maintained by the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) with electronic water and related well data for private wells, engineering borings, and stratigraphic borings searchable on an interactive map.

USGS Groundwater Data for Illinois 

• A near real-time data network of groundwater wells, stream gages, and rain gages, in addition to other relevant information such as water-quality data for sites throughout the state.

Three-dimensional Geologic Mapping for McHenry County - November 2013 

• By: Jason F. Thomason & David A. Keefer 
  • Prairie Research Institute - Illinois State Geological Survey UIUC 

Groundwater Simulation Modeling and Potentiometric Surface Mapping, McHenry County, Illinois - November 2013 

• By: Scott C. Meyer, Yu-Feng Lin, Daniel B. Abrams & George S. Roadcap 
  • Prairie Research Institute - Illinois State Water Survey UIUC

Northeastern Illinois Water Supply Planning Investigations: Opportunities and Challenges of Meeting Water Demand in Northeastern Illinois - 2012

• By: Scott C. Meyer, H. Allen Wehrmann, H. Vernon Knapp, Yu-Feng Lin, F. Edward Glatfelter, James R. Angel, Jason F. Thomason & Daniel A. Injerd      
  • Contract Report 2012-03
  • Prairie Research Institute - Illinois State Water Survey UIUC

The Sources, Distribution, and Trends of Chloride in the Waters of Illinois - March 2012

• By: Walton R. Kelly, Samuel V. Panno & Keith Hackley     
  • Bulletin B-74
  • Prairie Research Institute - Illinois State Water Survey UIUC

McHenry County Update on Water Studies - November 2011

McHenry County Groundwater Resources Management Plan - November 2006 

• By: Baxter and Woodman, Consulting Engineers 

• By: Richard C. Berg 
  • Circular 560
  • Department of Natural Resources - Illinois State Geological Survey

• By: Scott C. Meyer - Office of Groundwater Resources Evaluation 
  • Division of Illinois Department of Natural Resources 
  • Illinois State Water Survey - Hydrology Division 

• By: B. Brandon Curry, Richard C. Berg and Robert C. Vaiden 
  • Circular 559 
  • Department of Natural Resources - Illinois State Geological Survey

• By: Richard C. Berg 
  • Environmental Geology 146 
  • Department of Energy & Natural Resources - Illinois State Geological Survey

• By: J.R. Nicholas and J.T. Krohelski 
  • Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4048
  • U.S. Geological Survey

• By: Dorothy M. Woller and Ellis W. Sanderson 
  • Bulletin 60-19
  • State of Illinois, Department of Registration and Education - Illinois State Water Survey

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