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Deep Tunnel drain project is put on hold
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Construction workers put the brakes Wednesday on efforts to drain
the flooded freight tunnel network into the Deep Tunnel out of
concern that it would only make matters worse.
Fire Commissioner Raymond Orozco said the city ordered a halt to
work being performed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
because it jeopardized attempts to seal the leak at its source in the
Chicago River.
Orozco said draining the tunnels too quickly would create a
suction effect on the hol...
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Rainstorm fills Deep Tunnel to near limit
Chicago Sun-Times
; Recent heavy rains filled the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's Deep Tunnel system nearly to capacity, officials said Thursday. But the rain - which flooded numerous underpasses and basements - did little to end drought conditions because the ground has been so dry and hard that water tends
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Deep Tunnel unseen, but its many benefits very visible
Chicago Sun-Times
; It's officially known as the Tunnel and Reservoir Project, but most people call it the Deep Tunnel -- a name that is properly descriptive but fails to convey the vastness and complexity of the Chicago area's $3.4 billion water management system. It's a major engineering marvel, with 109 miles of
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Village turns to Deep Tunnel to reduce basement flooding
Chicago Sun-Times
; To ease a major flooding problem that turns most of Summit's 2,500 basements into virtual swimming pools after most rainstorms, the village will tap into the $3 billion Deep Tunnel and Reservoir Plan. Village President Joseph Strzelczyk said Wednesday the village will reroute some sewer lines to
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Don't blame deep tunnel system
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Don't blame deep tunnel system Sunday, February 13, 2000 It's unfortunate that after all the time the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel took in researching the problem of sewage backups in the Milwaukee area, its reporter chose to fall back on the same old easy myth of blaming it on the deep tunnel rather
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Workers find rupture in Deep Tunnel pipes
Chicago Sun-Times
; With cooperation from the weather, workers were lowered into a flooded chamber of the Deep Tunnel on Saturday night and apparently found what crippled the sprawling system last week. Two 24-inch-diameter vent pipes were ruptured, presumably by water pressure from recent heavy storms, said Jack
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