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  • A conduit to cleanliness

    Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) is one of a handful of U.S. treatment districts that doesn't disinfect its wastewater before discharging into local fresh water sources--and environmental groups aren't happy about it.

  • Green grants for rain gardens

    A new program in the Chicago suburbs is getting residents to help with the heavy work of improving the village's stormwater system.

  • Floating toward the future

    An award-winning design imagines how Chicago would look if water were as precious as oil.

  • The trickle-down effect

  • Leased to the highest bidder!

  • PUBLIC WORK Briefs: January 2007 2007

    Florida students design winning plants; Chicago gives e-waste new home; New technique cuts cost of treatment; and more ....

  • Bye-bye, blue bags

    Windy City denizens were surprised when Mayor Richard Daley announced that, after more than a decade, the city would be abandoning the blue-bag recycling program.

  • It's never enough . . .

  • Pungent pest control

    One Chicago suburb is fortifying its relentless mosquito-abatement efforts with a weapon you'd be more likely to find in an Italian kitchen than inside an insecticide sprayer.

  • Festival to rock Chicago a second time

    After last year's Lollapalooza concert and arts festival proved successful, the Parkways Foundation arm of the Chicago Park District is bringing an expanded version of the event back to Grant Park this August.