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Chicago River Challenge
Past Public
Meetings for the Chicago Area Waterway System
See meeting
Talking Points
below
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If there
was ever a time to get involved with the Sierra Club in Chicago, it is now!
Sierra Club members are needed to participate in public meeitings for the
Chicago Area Waterway System. The Use-Attainability Analysis (UAA) being
performed by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency provides us the
best opportunity in 30 years to impact the health of the local river
system. If we are successful; the sewage currently discharged into our
rivers will be safely disinfected; the public will be warned of direct sewer
overflows into the rivers; the water quality will improve so that it is
safer for us and our children; and new natural habitat and aquatic life will
be developed. The UAA Public Meetings are scheduled for May as shown
below:
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May 10
The Evanston Ecology Center
2024 McCormick Blvd.
Evanston,IL.60201
7:00 PM May 11
Downtown Chicago
State of Illinois Building,Rm N505
160 N LaSalle Street
12:00-2:00 PM
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May 11
James R.Thompson Center
Room 2-025
100 West Randolph Street
Chicago,IL 60601
7:00-9:00 PM
May 13
Lake Calumet
Southeast Environmental Task Force
13300 South Baltimore
Chicago,IL 60633
7:00-9:00 PM
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Talking Points for the Chicago River Public Meetings
Below are Sierra Club talking points to assist you during the Public
Meetings. If you are unable to attend the meetings, we encourage you to
send written comments to:
Rob Sulski
Bureau of Water
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
9511 West Harrison Street
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Please mail your comments before May 13, 2004.
Additionally, we encourage you to download the Chicago River Challenge flyers
(see links below) which are on this
website to review and give to your neighbors.
Meeting Talking Points:
1. Modify the North Shore Channel to create restored wetlands, prairies,
and a stream suitable for use by small, non-motorized watercraft.
2. Create a shallow aquatic habitat, prairie, and a meandering stream in
what is now the North Branch Canal below North Avenue and the southern
tip of Goose Island
3. Create a prairie, shallow aquatic habitat, and deep aquatic habitat
along the south Branch of the Chicago River.
4. Create strict E Coli standards. We want the wastewater (MWRD)
treatment plants to disinfect wastewater prior to discharge to the
Chicago River. |
We need volunteers to help out with a variety of activities associated with
this campaign. If you are interested in helping, please email
ch-water@illinois.sierraclub.org
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Read also the
Wild Onion article
–
I Wouldn't Touch That Water –
that details more on UUA and detailed locations of the public meetings.
Printable flyers
on the
Chicago River Challenge:
Solutions for
Chicago River Pollution
(pdf)
Get Active and Get
Cleaner Water!
(pdf).
Additional
reference:
www.chicagoareawaterways.org |