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lems in Lake Michigan and elsewhere.
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On a Lake £;:,!'ë‘34“ï.
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ç' ;_
August 2, 1885 was a bad day for Chicago. The people of the city were rst
!
_‘fk1iefe‘—deep in water from a six—inch torrential downpour and later elbow-dæP
‘
1n Ï-raw sewage that poured out of their water taps. The two events were ’]
!
_ÏÎ closely associated: Stormwaters had ushed out the sewers and carried sew—
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“
age into Lake Michigan to the city’s domestic water intake two miles from
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shore. Sucked into the intake, the sewage made the return trip to the city ïïj}Ï,
through the water supply pipes. The result was an epidemic of typhoid fever
:
Î
-
that lasted severalyears .and that prompted a number of engineering
im…
provements to break the sewage/drinlüng—water cycle.
’
-
easeS, but have not Ÿprevented the modern pollution difculties that plague
‘
;
Chicago. The situation there illustrates serious shortcomings in current water
a”,_"f
pollution control strategy and theory which hinder our efforts to solve prob—
lems in Lake Michigan and elsewhere.
The Lake Michigan story facilitates examination of various interrelated
factors of water pollution. Those factors now operate universally to degradê
‘
both fresh andsalt water, but their very scope makes them difcult to put
sf 7
into perspective _ur‘iless COnsidered in the context of one circumscribed area.
"
'
The degree of water pollution on the national and international scale will be
J
discussed in Chapters 8 and 4. <.
?
Lake Michigan pollution became serious enough in the late 19605 t0
prompt Illinois Governor
an interstate conference un—
der the provisions of the FederalWater POllutioan0ntrol Act. On
31, 1968, the rst
held in Chicago. Dunng
2:
7
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