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Knowing just a tiny bit about the history of the Chicago River, my first thought when I saw the headline was "Cholera! It's for everybody!" But learning that
by ssl-3 1y ago
Knowing just a tiny bit about the history of the Chicago River, my first thought when I saw the headline was "Cholera! It's for everybody!"
But learning that they've actually -- finally -- solved that issue really outweighs whatever snark I may have had in mind.
(And for those who don't know: The Chicago River has a really interesting history that definitely includes cholera, and also includes reversing its direction of flow (!) to help solve problems like that.)
- troupo 1y ago10 or so years ago I read an article that thanks to environmental efforts we now have rivers and lakes that haven't been this clean since at least pre-industrial era. We went from the Great Stink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink to having beaches and swimming competitions inside big cities
- xnx 1y ago> finally -- solved There are still combined sewer overflows into the Chicago River. There have been 5 events so far in 2025. https://apps.mwrd.org/csoreports/ https://apps.mwrd.org/csoreports/