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Chicago Water Supply

Alderman On Lease Of City Water System: 'There Is Something In The Works'

Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Privatization, Chicago Privatization, Chicago Water Privatization, Chicago Water Lease, Chicago Water Supply, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley says any part of city government is up for grabs if the price is right. But if he is tempted to dangle Chicago's vast water syste...

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Water Reserves Falling Behind: '2015 Is The Tipping Point'

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan Water, Water Conservation, Water Shortages, Chicago Water Supply, Water, Chicago News

The Chicago region faces a long-term water shortage that could hit some outlying suburbs by 2015, much sooner than previously anticipated, according t...

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City Mum On Hormones, Painkillers In Drinking Water

Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Drinking Water, Chicago-Water-Supply-Safety, Chicago Water Supply, Clean Water, Health, Chicago News

Annual water quality reports mailed to Chicagoans this month didn't say a word about sex hormones, painkillers or anti-cholesterol drugs, even though ...

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The Audacity of Slope, or How The River Gets Its Groove Back

Debra Shore | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago River Sewage, Chicago River, Chicago Water Supply, Chicago Sanitary District, Lake Michigan, Ecocentrism, Environment, Green Living, Thomas Berry, Chicago News
Debra Shore

One hundred and twenty years ago, no one asked, "What do we owe the Chicago River?" Yet today, making amends for past abuses seems to me to be the central biological, physical and moral challenge of our time.

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River Reversal: Chicago's Special Anniversary

Debra Shore | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mwrd, Asian Carp, Chicago River, Water Use, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Water, Chicago Rain Barrels, Chicago Water Supply, Great Lakes Compact, Chicago News
Debra Shore

For Chicago and our region to have a robust economy - and a healthy ecology - for the 21st century, we will be asked to embrace a new paradigm, that of stewardship.

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Lake Michigan Water Safe After Flood: Officials

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan Water, Chicago Water Supply Safety, Lake Michigan, Chicago Water Supply, Chicago Drinking Water, Chicago Flooding, Chicago News

Nearly 100 billion gallons of flood water was set free into Lake Michigan during the weekend's historic rainfall. But those who rely on Lake Michigan...

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