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Flooded basements in Chicago are increasingly common. What you can do.

When big storms hit, basements fill with stormwater and sewage. But there are steps that you and also government can take to help stay above water.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2023

The art of hydrant jerking

Water department workers make sure that when the fire department opens a hydrant, something comes out.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 13, 2023

Nothing lasts forever, but manhole covers come close — visiting a foundry that makes them for Chicago

A trip to the Neenah Foundry, maker of much of Chicago’s overlooked infrastructure for more than a century, uncovers the complex manufacture of cast-iron sewer lids.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 17, 2022