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84 POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE "TASTE OF CHICAGO" LAKEFRONT FESTIVAL Kenneth J. Kendrick, Industrial Waste Engineer Allen G. Giedraitis, Pollution Control Officer III Cecil Lue-Hing, Director of Research and Development Arthur J. Sherman, Industrial Waste Manager The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago Chicago, Illinois 60611 INTRODUCTION Every summer, many festivals are held in Chicago to bring people together, to listen to music, laugh, talk, drink and especially, eat. Chicago is noted for its many ethnic foods: Polish, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Mexican, ... the list goes on and on. And all of it is good. Almost every neighborhood in the city has its own festival. There are also larger festivals that are organized and located along Chicago's lakefront. The largest of all the lakefront festivals is the "Taste of Chicago". The festival's main theme is the ethnic diversity of foods in the Chicago area. The festival is held during eight days of music, food and fun on 305 acres of urban parkland over the Fourth of July holiday. The site of the fest is Grant Park, located between the downtown "Loop" area and Monroe Harbor on the lake. It is a beautiful place from which to view the city and the lake. The city's skyline, created by such famous architects as Mies Van Der Roe, Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham and others, is in sharp contrast to the blue expanse of Lake Michigan. Normally, the park has its share of visitors and tourists, but during the Taste of Chicago, the park explodes with people. Total attendance for the 1987 Taste of Chicago surpassed two million. The highlight of the fest was on July 3, when the park was jammed with people that had come to hear Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture being performed by the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and watch the massive fireworks display over Lake Michigan. In the lake and adjacent Monroe Harbor, thousands of boats converged on the area to view the fireworks. The Chicago Police Department estimated 1.1 million people were in the park on that day. With more than a million people in Grant Park and thousands more on Lake Michigan, the task of controlling pollution to the lake is a formidable and necessary one. HISTORY Lake Michigan is the source of drinking water for approximately six million people in the Chicago- land area. It was not always so well protected as it is today. One hundred years ago, as today, Chicago depended on the lake for its drinking water. Back then, the Chicago River flowed into Lake Michigan. Sewage treatment was unheard of and heavy rains flushed out the gutters of the city, into a sewer system that discharged directly into the river and then into the lake. Outbreaks of typhoid, cholera and other waterborne diseases were common. One year, almost 10% of the population died due to the contamination of their drinking water. In 1889, the citizens of Chicago called upon the legislature of the State of Illinois to create the Sanitary District of Chicago, the predecessor to the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (District). The District built a canal, approximately 160 feet wide, 24 feet deep and 30 miles long which connected the Chicago River with the Des Plaines River. This massive earth moving project was designed primarily to reverse the flow of the Chicago River in order to protect Lake Michigan. Completed in 1900, this project not only almost completely eliminated the outbreak of typhoid, but was the key element needed to ensure Chicago's role as the Gateway to the West, and "hog butcher to 43rd Purdue Industrial Waste Conference Proceedings, © 1989 Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan 48118. Printed in U.S.A. 751
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Kendrick, Kenneth J. Giedraitis, Allen G. Lue-Hing, Cecil Sherman, Arthur J. |
Date of Original | 1988 |
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Transcript | 84 POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE "TASTE OF CHICAGO" LAKEFRONT FESTIVAL Kenneth J. Kendrick, Industrial Waste Engineer Allen G. Giedraitis, Pollution Control Officer III Cecil Lue-Hing, Director of Research and Development Arthur J. Sherman, Industrial Waste Manager The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago Chicago, Illinois 60611 INTRODUCTION Every summer, many festivals are held in Chicago to bring people together, to listen to music, laugh, talk, drink and especially, eat. Chicago is noted for its many ethnic foods: Polish, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Mexican, ... the list goes on and on. And all of it is good. Almost every neighborhood in the city has its own festival. There are also larger festivals that are organized and located along Chicago's lakefront. The largest of all the lakefront festivals is the "Taste of Chicago". The festival's main theme is the ethnic diversity of foods in the Chicago area. The festival is held during eight days of music, food and fun on 305 acres of urban parkland over the Fourth of July holiday. The site of the fest is Grant Park, located between the downtown "Loop" area and Monroe Harbor on the lake. It is a beautiful place from which to view the city and the lake. The city's skyline, created by such famous architects as Mies Van Der Roe, Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham and others, is in sharp contrast to the blue expanse of Lake Michigan. Normally, the park has its share of visitors and tourists, but during the Taste of Chicago, the park explodes with people. Total attendance for the 1987 Taste of Chicago surpassed two million. The highlight of the fest was on July 3, when the park was jammed with people that had come to hear Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture being performed by the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and watch the massive fireworks display over Lake Michigan. In the lake and adjacent Monroe Harbor, thousands of boats converged on the area to view the fireworks. The Chicago Police Department estimated 1.1 million people were in the park on that day. With more than a million people in Grant Park and thousands more on Lake Michigan, the task of controlling pollution to the lake is a formidable and necessary one. HISTORY Lake Michigan is the source of drinking water for approximately six million people in the Chicago- land area. It was not always so well protected as it is today. One hundred years ago, as today, Chicago depended on the lake for its drinking water. Back then, the Chicago River flowed into Lake Michigan. Sewage treatment was unheard of and heavy rains flushed out the gutters of the city, into a sewer system that discharged directly into the river and then into the lake. Outbreaks of typhoid, cholera and other waterborne diseases were common. One year, almost 10% of the population died due to the contamination of their drinking water. In 1889, the citizens of Chicago called upon the legislature of the State of Illinois to create the Sanitary District of Chicago, the predecessor to the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (District). The District built a canal, approximately 160 feet wide, 24 feet deep and 30 miles long which connected the Chicago River with the Des Plaines River. This massive earth moving project was designed primarily to reverse the flow of the Chicago River in order to protect Lake Michigan. Completed in 1900, this project not only almost completely eliminated the outbreak of typhoid, but was the key element needed to ensure Chicago's role as the Gateway to the West, and "hog butcher to 43rd Purdue Industrial Waste Conference Proceedings, © 1989 Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan 48118. Printed in U.S.A. 751 |
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