Waukegan River: Illinois National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Program Project

The Waukegan River watershed is located in Lake County, Illinois, about 56.3 kilometers (km) (35 miles) north of Chicago (Figure 1). The watershed is 11 km (7 miles) long and has a drainage area of 2,994 hectares (7,397 acres), with major land uses consisting of single- and multi-family dwellings (35%), transportation infrastructure (24%), and public and private open spaces (12%) (Table 1).published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe