Dick LanyonFeb 15The Case of a Buried Bridge, the Million Dollar Bridle Path, and the North Side Sludge LineOn a May, 2023, spring day, an underground directional drilling machine for a new pipeline bumped into a solid object and stopped. The...
Dick LanyonFeb 14Looking Out for Lake MichiganReuse of wastewater by Illinois industry will protect Lake Michigan says new study, reported by Jay Landers in WEF magazine (October 2023).
Dick LanyonSep 25, 2023Healthy and Sustainable Water ResourcesRapid urban growth of Chicago after incorporation as a city in 1837, gave rise to cholera epidemics aggravated by poor drainage and...
Dick LanyonSep 25, 2023Chicago Portage: A Lasting GiftLouis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette passed through what is known today as the Chicago Portage during their Voyage of Discovery in 1673,...