Robert Rubinas Prof. Kristin Bivens English 299 June 18,2013 Literature Review: Chicago River and Connected Waters Introduction The Chicago River is notorious for being unclean. For over one hundred years, the City of Chicago has used the river as a means of removing waste from itself and Lake Michigan. The River’s reversal in the […]
Explanation The Chicago River has a historic reputation of being one of the least sanitary waterways in America. For a long time the river was treated as nothing more than a way to move waste out of Chicago or to bring boats in. Federal EPA mandates now require that the Chicago River be brought up […]
Rob’s Research Question(s) How did the City of Chicago and the MWRD decide on the chosen methods of river water sanitation? I think this research question is answerable and argumentative, which is good: you’re not going to find just one answer, probably, and you’re going to have to see how the texts answer this […]
Chicago Waterways Research 