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Chicago River Pollution

Old Stockyards Dumping Ground Bubbly Creek Still Bubbling

Chicago Journal | TIM TALIAFERRO | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Stockyards, Chicago Bubbly Creek, Back of the Yards, Chicago River Sewage, Chicago River, Bubbly Creek, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Chicago River Pollution, Chicago News

A chain link fence separates Bubbly Creek, a polluted backwater cul-de-sac of the Chicago River, from human contact near 35th Street and Racine Avenue...

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Chicago River: From Open Sewer to Crown Jewel?

Henry Henderson | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blair Kamin, Mwrd, Chicago River Sewage, Chicago River, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Daniel Burnham, Chicago River Pollution, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Chicago News
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While the city and residents have embraced the river, the governmental agency responsible for the waterway continues to turn its back to the river and consider it an open sewer.

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Environmentalists And Regulators Pushing To Clean Up Chicago River

Chi-Town Daily News | Jennifer Slosar | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Environment, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago River, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Chicago River Pollution, Chicago News

One day in July 2007, Katie Coleman found herself upside down in the Chicago River. Her kayak had hit a submerged tree stump and flipped. Coleman, 26...

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How Do You Clean The Chicago River

Chicago Public Radio | Gabriel Spitzer | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Environment, Cleaning the Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Illinois EPA, Chicago River, Chicago River Pollution, Chicago News

Illinois regulators want to disinfect the sewage that flows into waterways like the Chicago River. But the agency that would get that dirty job isn't ...

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