Tag Archives: water quality

Systemic Changes Needed to Water Delivery Services

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

By Matt Harrison We are presently confronted by challenges to meet immediate human needs without compromising the needs of future generations at every level of human organization, and cannot do so without developing innovative solutions to old problems. This is … Continue reading →

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Yuck Not

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

The following is a message from the President of Clean Water America Alliance, Ben Grumbles, reprinted from the Clean Water America Alliance’s Presidential Pipeline. All of us in the “Water Community” hold these truths to be self-evident: 1) reclaiming and … Continue reading →

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Beach cleanups a practice worth “parroting”

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Story and photos by Abby Crisostomo Lake Michigan’s sandy shores may not be the first to spring to mind when imagining oneself lounging on the beach listening to “Margaritaville.” Yet Terri Dale of Northwest Indiana, and her band of fellow … Continue reading →

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Ibsen play deals with water issues

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

Concern about water is more than just a contemporary issue: in 1882 Henrik Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People, in which a small town struggles to confront its water quality problem.  Chicago’s Theater Wit is currently presenting Arthur Miller’s 1950 adaptation … Continue reading →

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Chicago plugging away at water efficiency

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

This being the first story in the What Our Water’s Worth campaign, it makes sense to start where most of the region’s water starts … Chicago. Consider the numbers: Every day the City of Chicago Dept. of Water Management pumps approximately 850 … Continue reading →

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