At one time, homes in some areas of the city had fountains in their homes. They were not decorative, but destructive. A big storm would send sanitary sewer water mixed with storm water shooting up … ...

The sanitary flow and infiltration study will be done on aging sewer systems in the Fieldcrest and El Vista subdivisions to help prepare for repair work, […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Residents in one Chicago suburb could see more money drained from their pockets if a new rate hike takes effect. According to a report from the Daily Herald, sewer bills in suburban Prospect ...

Sanitary sewer systems use a single dedicated pipe to carry wastewater from homes and businesses to the treatment plant, ... found in big cities such as St. Louis and Chicago, also have overflows.

According to the Post-Tribune analysis, the Gary Sanitary District dumped nearly 1.3 billion gallons of raw, untreated, sewage combined with stormwater to the Little Calumet and Grand Calumet ...

In 1900, the Sanitary District of Chicago reversed the Chicago River's flow, ... Today's sewer network, built and maintained by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, ...

Its biggest single period of growth, the growth that turned Chicago into the Second City by population, came in the late 1800s, when the city's sewer and sanitary systems were the envy of what ...

Have you ever wondered where all that water goes after a big rain? Even when you flush the toilet or run a shower? It all goes somewhere. Many Chicagoans have heard of The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan… ...

HAMMOND | The former district manager of the Hammond Sanitary District was among those indicted Thursday with conspiracy and felony violations to the Clean Water Act related to Tierra Environmental, ...