Local: Illinois River is, once again, full of human feces
From a news alert:
Rainfall in the City of Peoria has caused a sewer overflow into the Illinois River recently from one or more locations shown on the map located here.
When this warning is posted, please avoid full-body contact with the Illinois River in the area downstream from Detweiller Marina, as shown on the map. You may get sick if you swallow river water while swimming, Jet Skiing, or water skiing in these areas after a sewer overflow.
The City of Peoria is developing a long-term plan to reduce sewage overflows to the river during wet weather, as required under the Clean Water Act.
July 11th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
The magic of the Illinois River being an open sewer is appreciated only during a major drought. Then, as long as Chicagoans keep flushing their toilets, Peoria will always have enough drinking water.