A new study published in Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems showcases how untreated wastewater released into the ...

The Chicago River was once so polluted by sewage and ... hard on engineering and infrastructure to mitigate flooding and sewer overflows. Many places in Chicago area low-lying areas that are ...

High caution readings were found on 23 days last summer with only four corresponding with sewer system overflows, water ...

Combined sewer overflows can lead to the release of untreated or partially treated wastewater into the river system. "In most of the Chicago area, rainwater goes through the same set of pipes as ...

This means that the system physically cannot release any CSOs into the Grand River ... also improves your combined sewer overflows.” St. Pierre said the MWRD is working with its municipal ...

A new study published in Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems showcases how untreated wastewater released into the Chicago River during ...