CSO, feces, Illinois River From an announcement:
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 [...]
September 8, 2008 in Local
Tags: cso, feces, illinois river, sewage | 3 Comments »
Peoria is looking at a hefty tax increase to cover its current deficit (at least $2.5 million) AND to fix the sewage/storm water drainage system ((a mind-numbing $100 million) that dumps raw, disease-causing, human feces* into the Illinois River.
The feds aren’t going to be coughing up any money for this, so lets stop fantasizing about [...]
September 5, 2008 in Local
Tags: Hy-Vee, illinois river, sewage, sheridan village, taxes | 2 Comments »
This notice appeared in my inbox moments ago:
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 [...]
August 4, 2008 in Local
Tags: illinois river, sewage, stormwater | 4 Comments »
From the City of Peoria:
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. [...]
July 28, 2008 in Uncategorized
Tags: cso, illinois river, pollution, sewage | 1 Comment »