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Flint, MI Demonstrates America’s Lead Pipe Problem

February 4, 2016

By: Della Hansmann

Flint, MI is just the most vivid example of the dangers of aging water infrastructure. In fact, most American cities have a lead pipe problem that must be addressed soon.

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Permeable Surfaces Protect Chicago’s River and Lake from Sewage Overflow

June 16, 2015

By: Della Hansmann

Last night’s storm flooded the Chicago water treatment system. Result: sewage overflow into Lake Michigan. Here’s how we can stop it!

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Water Hazard: California Water Shortage, Again

April 23, 2015

By: Matt Nardella

California can cut its water shortage by nixing lawns. Meanwhile the Midwest should come out of the short grass and take over as go-to Ag producer.

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April Showers: Learning From California’s Drought

April 9, 2015

By: Della Hansmann

Continuing news on Californian drought is scary, even on a rainy day. What can we learn from the west coast water crisis?

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What Winter Can Show: Wrap Up Warm to Avoid Frozen Pipes

February 5, 2015

By: Della Hansmann

Improve energy efficiency and avoid the nightmare of frozen pipes; a winter cold snap like today’s is a great time to check the insulation of your water pipes.

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The Space Between Gender Neutral and Accessible Restrooms

January 20, 2015

By: Matt Nardella

Equality and access centered on restroom signage: a West Hollywood ordinance now requires all businesses to relabel restrooms as gender neutral within 60 days.

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Today, Let's Drink to Clean Water … and Then Do More to Protect Our Water Supply

August 5, 2014

By: Della Hansmann

Monday’s Chicagoist headline, “It’s Okay to Drink the Water, Chicago,” is accurate but perhaps a little dismissive of the larger issues about drinking water which should be raised in all our minds by the recent drinking water scares topping news across the country. This weekend’s public drinking water ban in Todedo, Ohio follows the ongoing…

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Dishing the Dirt on Composting Toilets

May 29, 2014

By: Della Hansmann

If you’d like go one step farther in your quest for water conservation … what about composting toilets? Before you gasp, shudder and click away, give us a minute to explain why.

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Low Flow Fixtures 101: or How to Save 11,000 Gallons of Water in 5 Minutes

May 20, 2014

By: Della Hansmann

What ARE low flow fixtures? Read all about them and meet your new friend the WaterSense certified aerator, which you can install in your own faucet in five minutes.

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Why You Should Care About Saving Water At Home

April 24, 2014

By: Della Hansmann

Today’s post has 5 great reasons why we should all be a little more conservative (so to speak) with our domestic water use. How you can be saving water?

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The Dyeing of the Green – St. Patrick’s Day Reminds Us About the State of the Chicago River

March 13, 2014

By: Della Hansmann

There’s an old joke most famously spoken by Tommy Lee Jones’s Marshall in the Fugitive: “If they can dye the river green today, why can’t they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?”  Just dyeing the Chicago River blue isn’t a great idea, environmentally speaking, but perhaps we could treat the St.…

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