Monthly Archives: April 2013

Interviews reveal that stormwater requirements don’t impede development

Posted on April 15, 2013 by chicagolandh2o

By Shannon Madden If you’ve ever stood on the shores of Lake Zurich, you know how beautiful and clean the water is. And since you’re an avid WOWW reader, you also know that surface water quality is directly related to … Continue reading →

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May brings four opportunities to learn about proposed changes to Lake Michigan permitting, water loss and resource management

Posted on April 11, 2013 by chicagolandh2o

Northeastern Illinois is losing Lake Michigan water, but how much? The “best” available information we have suggests we lose approximately 26 billion gallons of Lake Michigan each year (that’s over one Willis Tower full of water each week) due to … Continue reading →

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A Most Effluent Adventure

Posted on April 5, 2013 by chicagolandh2o

By Josh Ellis A couple of weekends ago I skied on sewage and lived to tell the tale… Up in the western Maine woods the Carrabassett Valley Sanitary District converts sewage into effluent (they call it Snowfluent), and then rather than just dump … Continue reading →

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Two Complementary Goals for Stormwater Management: Volume Control and Water Quality Improvement

Posted on April 3, 2013 by chicagolandh2o

By Shannon Madden We were excited to hear – and report back to our WOWW readers – two very different stories of stormwater management in northeast Illinois at the Illinois Section American Water Works Association’s WATERCON conference in March. A … Continue reading →

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