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QUADRANT 2 | WaterSHED + Infrastructure
Dive deeper into materials, maps, and articles about the Great Lakes watershed, water flows, reversal of the Chicago River, and the neighborhood context of water access and quality on Chicago’s South Side.
Design Research for Inland Water Territories | Mary Pat McGuire, Jessica M. Henson
How Chicago Reversed Its River: An Animated History | WTTW
Learn about intensive flushing to clean your home’s drinking water pipes.
The Illinois State Water Survey conducts state-of-the-art research and collects, analyzes, archives, and disseminates data and technical information, including detailed water maps.
Floods, Carp, and Crap: The Environmental Impacts of The Chicago River Reversal | WBEZ | By Carson Vaughan
Black homebuyers in Chicago lost at least $3.2 billion in today’s dollars because of racist real estate policies and predatory contracts between 1950 and 1970.
CMAP Regional Flood Sustainability Index identifies priority areas across the region for flood mitigation activities.
Brain-damaging lead found in tap water in hundreds of homes tested across Chicago
The Plunder of Black Wealth in Chicago | Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity
Chicago Area Waterway System | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Request a FREE residential water sample collection kit to test your water.
Mapping Inequality | Redlining in New Deal America Interactive Map