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Dam the Carp! No more dithering on invasive species

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wisconsin, Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Midwest Generation, Pollution, Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago River, Crawford Generating Station, Natural Resources Defense Council, Fisk Generating Station, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Great Lakes, Great-Lakes-Fish-Fence, Mwrd, Michigan, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

The news was very bad on Friday when state and Federal agencies admitted that tests show invasive Asian carp have evaded an electrical barrier intende...

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Candidate, Former SEC Chairman Bash Water Deal that Flushed $68 Million Down the Sewer

David Ormsby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daniel Kaplan, Mariyana Spyropoulos, USS Bunker Hill, Chicago News, Johnson & Johnson, Arthur Levitt, Barbara McGowan, Gloria Alitto Majewski, Terry O'Brian, Illinois Poltics, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Todd Connor, Mesirow Financial, Kathleen Meany, Frank Avila, Patricia Horton, Bridget Gainer, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Tom Tunney, Larry Suffredin, Mike Kreloff, Toni Preckwinkle, Susan Garrett, Carol Ronen, Sara Feigenholtz, Jeff Schoenberg, Roberto Maldonado, Debra Shore, Cynthia Santos, Bond Deal, Bond Deal Loss, Chicago News
David Ormsby

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.

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Terrence O'Brien, Board President Candidate, Lands Millions In City Contracts

Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Terrence O'Brien, Cook County Board President Race, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Terrence O'Brien Contracts, Chicago News

For 21 years, Terrence J. O'Brien has been on the board of Cook County's sewage-treatment operation, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Gr...

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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
Henry Henderson

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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What Do We Owe the Chicago River? Disinfection

Henry Henderson | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pollution, Chicago River Decontamination, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Chicago River Bacteria, Environment, Cook County, Chicago River, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

I think it is a simple answer: We owe the Chicago River $1.94. That small sum buys us, finally, disinfection of the human waste being dumped into the river and its connecting streams and waters.

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Chicago's Polluted Water Killing Gulf Marine Life: Study

Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 05.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gul of Mexico Marine Life, Nitrogen Pollution, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Environment, Chicago Water, Animals, Chicago Water Pollution, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

The U.S. Geological Survey yesterday released the results of a study detailing the root causes of phosphorus and nitrogen pollution in the Gulf of Mex...

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Another Blagojevich Appointment May Be Coming

Chi-Town Daily News | Jennifer Slosar | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich Appointments, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich MWRD Appointment, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Patricia Young, Chicago News

Governor Rod Blagojevich may have another appointment to make in the near future. Patricia Young resigned her seat on the Metropolitan Water Reclamat...

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