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  2. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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    It also shares responsibility with the Army Corps of Engineers for the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), including the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and approximately 76 miles (122 km) of waterways, part of a national system connecting the Atlantic Ocean, Great Lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico. [8]: 14

  3. Lake Calumet - Wikipedia

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    Lake Calumet is the largest body of water within the city of Chicago. Formerly a shallow, postglacial lake draining into Lake Michigan, it was transformed into an industrial harbor during the 20th century. [1] Parts of the lake have been dredged, and other parts reshaped by landfill.

  4. List of landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of landfills in the United States.A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment.Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.

  5. Endorsements for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

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    So-called CSOs have been an environmental challenge in the Chicago area for decades. The MWRD owns and runs seven water reclamation plants, 560 miles of sewers and mains and 23 pumping stations ...

  6. Mallard Lake Landfill - Wikipedia

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    Mallard Lake Landfill is a solid waste landfill in DuPage County, Illinois, west of Mallard Lake. In 1974, the DuPage County Forest Preserve District established a solid waste landfill west of the lake. [1] The landfill began operation March 4, 1975 and the last load of waste arrived March 13, 1999.

  7. America’s landfills are ‘garbage lasagnas’—fetid layers of ...

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    America’s landfills—and the environmental havoc they create—are sizable. There are roughly 1,200 landfills currently in operation, and on average, each one takes up about 600 acres of land ...