As the days get longer and the weather starts to warm, runners will hit the roads in Illinois, training for racing season. Many runners have been out there all along, slogging through snow and mud (though it has been a pretty mild winter!). Whether you have been training hard or taking it easy, Prairie Rivers Network […]
In the News: Our Lawsuit Against Chicago’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Covered in Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune and many other news outlets covered our recent lawsuit against the Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) to stop the routine dumping of raw sewage and under-treated wastewater into the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. During heavy rains (anything more than 2/3 of an inch), the pipes that would normally send a […]
Danville Paper Publishes Prairie Rivers Network’s Guest Commentary on Atrazine
Danville’s drinking water supply, Lake Vermilion, has too much atrazine. Atrazine is an herbicide that is applied to corn fields in the spring. Some of that atrazine makes its way into ditches and streams that ultimately flow into the lake. Consequently, there are times following application when the water treatment plant owned by Aqua Illinois […]
In the News: Concerned Citizens Call on Vermilion County Board to Stand Up to Coal
Prairie Rivers Network provides technical support to local citizen groups who are working to protect clean water and land. One of these groups, Stand Up to Coal, organized a busload of citizens to attend yesterday’s Vermilion County Board meeting. They asked the board to adopt a resolution to oppose coal mining that would compromise the […]
In the News: Coal Ash Regulations
Traci Barkley, water resources scientist with Prairie Rivers Network, was recently quoted in an article on coal ash regulation on The Southern.com. She states that: the issue of coal ash regulation has been flying under the radar for a number of years and it’s time a uniform standard of regulations are set…