.. The artesian waters of northeastern Illinois . i *x Ia a . « ? - . ? -. THE ARTESIAN WATERS OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS By Carl B. AndersonPART I INTRODUCTION Area InvestigatedThe region described in this report includes an area of approximately7,755 square miles in northeastern Illinois. The counties included areBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake;LaSalle, McHenry, Will and Winnebago (see Plate I) with a total popu-lation of 2,980,379 in 1910, according to the census of that year. Thisis per cent of that for the entire State, whereas the area is only
.. The artesian waters of northeastern Illinois . i *x Ia a . « ? - . ? -. THE ARTESIAN WATERS OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS By Carl B. AndersonPART I INTRODUCTION Area InvestigatedThe region described in this report includes an area of approximately7,755 square miles in northeastern Illinois. The counties included areBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake;LaSalle, McHenry, Will and Winnebago (see Plate I) with a total popu-lation of 2,980,379 in 1910, according to the census of that year. Thisis per cent of that for the entire State, whereas the area is only cent. The city of Chicago, with its two million and more inhabitantsis responsible for this unequal ratio between population and area in re~spect to that of the remainder of the State. Importance and Purpose of Investigation The greater amount of water consumed by the inhabitants of thisarea, excluding Chicago and the towns along the north shore of LakeMichigan, is obtained from underground sources. The industries of Chi-cago alone pump over 30,000,000 gallons of wate
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