The Chicago River pops up in the news every March when it's dyed green. Have you ever wondered why Lake Michigan isn't subsequently green? You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Chicago River emptied in Lake Michigan, but that's not the case anymore. In this episode, I discuss how a group of politicians and engineers got together to pull off the ultimate reverse Uno card on Mother Nature by reversing the Chicago River to solve their sewage woes.
03/01/24 • 19 min
The Nifty Fifty Show - Reverse the River!
Transcript
Hi, everybody. Welcome to episode six of the nifty 50 show. Now after last week's riverine drama between Iowa and Nebraska. We're going to talk about a, another river today, the Chicago river. However, this does not involve any legal battles necessarily. But rather it is a question of health and safety. So the Chicago river is very famous today. Obviously Chicago sits on it. And it's famous because it gets died every March.
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