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First-of-its-kind agreement signed by USACE and MWRD to complete vital infrastructure project

CHICAGO - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District signed a project partnership agreement allowing the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to receive $33.8 million in ...
Business Insider

Chicago Area Reservoir to Save Estimated $114 Million in Flood and Pollution ReductionBlack & Veatch Designed-McCook Reservoir to Greatly Boost Flood Storage Capacity

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week celebrated the completion of the ...
Yahoo

Costly Deep Tunnel flooding project can’t handle Chicago area’s severe storms fueled by climate change

Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2, the region’s $3.8 billion flood-control project appeared ready as can be to bottle up storm runoff. The Deep Tunnel’s ...
NBC Chicago

Flood warnings in effect for Chicago-area counties as heavy rains begin

As strong-to-severe thunderstorms loom in the forecast for Wednesday, the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch and a flash flood warning for several counties in the Chicago area. A flash ...
Herald & Review

$1B flood-control Illinois reservoir gets swamped by storm

CHICAGO — Records show that despite a new $1 billion flood-control reservoir in Illinois, rain and melting snow swamped the largest section of the project in less than a day last month. Records ...