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  2. Chicago area water quality - Wikipedia

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    Combined Sewer System. The change in the river's water flow was estimated to provide enough treatment-by-dilution for up to a population of three million. [1] However, in 1908, it became clear to the Chicago Sanitary District that the city’s population was continuing to grow and that the population would soon exceed the treatment capacity that the canal offered.

  3. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Main Stem and the South Branch of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it.

  4. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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    A water reclamation facility usually contains two treatment plants. One is for processing the wastewater while the other is for treating the solids captured during the first process. Approximately 454 billion US gallons (1.72 × 10 9 m 3) were treated at the District plants during 2017.

  5. Water cribs in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The water cribs in Chicago are structures built to house and protect offshore water intakes used to supply the City of Chicago with drinking water from Lake Michigan. Water is collected and transported through tunnels located close to 200 feet (61 m) beneath the lake, varying in shape from circular to oval, and ranging in diameter from 10 to 20 ...

  6. Chicago River - Wikipedia

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    The city of Chicago is allowed to remove 3,200 cubic feet per second (91 m 3 /s) of water from the Great Lakes system; about half of this, 1 billion US gallons per day (44 m 3 /s), is sent down the Chicago River, while the rest is used for drinking water. [68] In late 2005, the Chicago-based Alliance for the Great Lakes proposed re-separating ...

  7. Why removing Chicago's lead service lines for water will take ...

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    It would also improve sampling protocols used by public water systems. All of this, a monumental task, especially for cities like Chicago. "We're number one in the country, 400,000 lead service lines.

  8. Raw Sewage in Your Apartment: Repairs Your Landlord Can ... - AOL

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    Code enforcement officers cited the property owner three times in 2011, and have issued a brand new batch of citations for the sewage and other building safety issues. Show comments Advertisement

  9. What does sewage plant expansion mean for South Miami ... - AOL

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    Renderings show the proposed clean water recovery center at Turkey Point, which will treat and re-use up to 15 million gallons of Miami-Dade’s wastewater a day, as well as use it to cool down ...