APPENDIX L: WATERSHED-SPECIFIC RELEASE RATES

Appendix L
WATERSHED				Release Rates (cfc/acre)	Comments
	MAJOR TRIBUTARIES		100-Year Storm Event	2-Year Storm Event
		MINOR TRIBUTARIES
FOX RIVER
Fox River Mainstem			0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Flint Creek		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Honey Lake Drain	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Mutton Creek		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Sequoit Creek		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Slocum Lake Drain		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Bang’s Lake Drain	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Manitou Creek Mainstem		0.090	0.020	Watershed Average Rate Based on 8/1/96 LCSMC adoption of the 11/3/82 FIS flow rate analysis.
		Eagle Creek	0.090	0.020	Watershed Average Rate Based on 8/1/96 LCSMC adoption of the 11/3/82 FIS flow rate analysis.
		Fish Lake Drain	0.090	0.020	Watershed Average Rate Based on 8/1/96 LCSMC adoption of the 11/3/82 FIS flow rate analysis.
		Round Lake Drain	0.090	0.020	Watershed Average Rate Based on 8/1/96 LCSMC adoption of the 11/3/82 FIS flow rate analysis.
	Tower Lake Drain		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
DES PLAINES RIVER
Des Plaines River Mainstem			0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Aptakisic Creek		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Buffalo Creek Mainstem		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Tributary B to Buffalo Creek	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Bull Creek Mainstem		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Bull Creek Tributary	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Gurnee Tributary		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Indian Creek Mainstem		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Diamond Lake Drain	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Forest Lake Drain	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Seavey Creek	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		South Branch Indian Creek	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		West Branch Indian Creek	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Mill Creek Mainstem		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Hastings Creek	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		North Mill Creek	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Newport Drainage Ditch		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Suburban Country Club Tributary		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
LAKE MICHIGAN
	Bluff/Ravine		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Dead River		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
		Bull Creek	0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Kellogg Creek		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Pettibone Creek		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Waukegan River		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER
	Middle Fork		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	Skokie River		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable
	West Fork		0.150	0.040	WDO Maximum Allowable

 

(Ord., Appendix L, passed 10-13-2009; Ord. 22-1060, passed 8-9-2022)