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MPC Roundtable—Tough Stuff: Resilient Infrastructure in a Changing World
Presentation
May 17, 2013
Slides from the May 15, 2013 MPC Roundtable on resilient infrastructure.
MPC Roundtable—Immeasurable Loss: Modernizing Lake Michigan Water Use
Audio
May 10, 2013
Audio-only recording of May 7, 2013 MPC Roundtable—Immeasurable Loss: Modernizing Lake Michigan Water Use. A video recording is also available.
Immeasurable Loss: Modernizing Lake Michigan Water Use
Publication
(6 MB)
May 7, 2013
Download infographics from report (EPS and PNG formats, 2.4MB) The Chicago area is privileged to be situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the third largest of the Great Lakes, which altogether account for 20 percent of the world’s readily available freshwater. Lake Michigan supports a…
MPC Roundtable—Immeasurable Loss: Modernizing Lake Michigan Water Use
Presentation
May 7, 2013
Button above: Josh Ellis' introductory slides from the May 7, 2013 MPC Roundtable Immeasurable Loss: Modernizing Lake Michigan Water Use. Also available for download: Slides from the other speakers, Dan Injerd of Ill. Dept. of Natural Resources and Mike Smyth of Illinois American Water.
2012 Annual Luncheon: Discussion with Mayors Freeman-Wilson and Barrett
Audio
Posted by
Ryan Griffin-Stegink
Jul 26, 2012
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Ind. and Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, Wisc. join MPC President MarySue Barrett for a discussion about priorities and opportunites for regional collaboration. Topics include transportation, natural resources, economic development, and challenges to…
Recommendations for Integrated Water Resources Planning in Lake Zurich
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Jun 6, 2012
Water itself knows no political boundaries. Rivers flow from one community to another, aquifers span entire regions, rain falls where it will. Yet water resources management is inherently political. Northeastern Illinois’ 284 municipalities plan and implement many facets of water supply,…
2012 Plan for Prosperity: Innovative Solutions for the New Normal
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Jan 12, 2012
To read MPC's 2012 Plan for Prosperity, download the file. The following is MPC President MarySue Barrett's introductory letter. Sometimes, things aren’t what they seem. For decades, the United States enjoyed what appeared to be boundless economic expansion. Consumers spent and borrowed…
Karla Olson Teasley's Presentation at 11/17 Utilities Roundtable
Presentation
Posted by
Emily Hudson
Dec 13, 2011
On Nov. 17, MPC hosted the third event in its infrastructure roundtable series, All Systems Go: Engineering Sustainable Utility Solutions, which focused on water, gas, and power utilities. Karla Olson Teasley, MPC Resource Board member and President of Illinois American Water, presented Illinois'…
All Systems Go: Engineering Sustainable Utility Solutions
Audio
Posted by
Ryan Griffin-Stegink
Nov 17, 2011
The third and final event in MPC's 2011 Infrastructure Roundtable Series, All Systems Go: Engineering Sustainable Utility Solutions featured representatives from ComEd, People's Gas, and Illinois American Water. Read the full event recap.
Emerging Contaminants, Emerging Solutions: Proactive Water Quality Management in the Face of New Threats
Audio
Posted by
Ryan Griffin-Stegink
Sep 22, 2011
Unregulated chemicals from our wastewater are finding their way into our water supply. Our ability to detect and understand the effects of those contaminants is evolving faster than our ability to remove them from our water. We know contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, plastics and pesticides can…
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