CSOs: Storms cause wastewater discharge in Lake Michigan

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Jacob Ohara/The Daily Northwestern

Here in Evanston, the pipes that handle our sewage and the pipes that handle stormwater are combined.

Emma Edmund and Jacob Ohara

The Daily Northwestern takes a look into how storms can cause combined sewer overflows in Evanston and the greater Chicago area. Closed captions available.

 

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