October 18, 2001

Managing the Region's Water Supply
312-996-8700

A Great Cities Institute Lecture:

Managing the Region's Water Supply

Presenter: Martin Jaffe
Interim Director, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

The Chicago area’s water resources, especially the Lake Michigan diversion that accounts for most of the water consumed for municipal and industrial purposes in northeastern Illinois, are severely constrained. They are also subject to a complex web of legal doctrines, international, federal and state law, and judicial and administrative rulings. The lecture will explore how regulatory and market-based strategies can be used to manage and allocate the region’s limited water resource.

Martin Jaffe is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his J.D. degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1973 and his LL.M. in 1984 from the DePaul University College of Law. In 1992-93, he was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law and, in 1993-94, an Adjunct Professor of Law at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, teaching in the law school's program in energy and environmental law.

Prior to joining UIC's faculty, Jaffe was a research program administrator and Senior Research Associate for the American Planning Association's research division in Chicago. He has also worked as a local government and as a regional planner in New York and Massachusetts. Jaffe currently serves as the Coastal Business & Environment Specialist for the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program and is a Research Associate in the Great Cities Institute. He also serves on the Historic Preservation Commission of the Village of Wilmette.

Thursday, October 18, 2001, 4pm -6pm

Great Cities Institute
412 S. Peoria, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60607
312-996-8700