Chicago Pollutes Lake Michigan

Unsparing in its criticisms of Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District overflows, Chicago discovers its systems can be overwhelmed, too.

90 billion gallons worth. That is a honkin' big number.

Update: 99 billion gallons. Unprecedented.

Maybe this will result in less finger-pointing our way from the south.

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I swear I didn't see this editorial in the Journal Sentinel tonight before I put up this post, but the paper is dead-on in its position and prose.