Railing on the River: EPA Demands Chicago River Cleanup May 13, 2011 Press Release Time for MWRD to stop dragging heels and start decontaminating sewage it dumps
Re-Envisioning the Chicago River - Fact Sheet (PDF) October 4, 2010 Fact Sheet In response to a public health emergency more than 100 years ago, engineers reversed the Chicago River and built the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to carry wastewater away from Lake Michigan, the city’s source of drinking water. The canal...