The Northeast Illinois Regional Water Authority is an agency whose need is long past due - opinion, history, & commentary from Dick Lanyon.

Mulford’s Ditch, the Big Ditch, the North Shore Channel, and Crossing the Rubicon: A Peak Into Evanston Waterway History.

Dick Lanyon's latest white paper on local waterway issues looks at basement and street flooding in Evanston.

There is a new Issues tab on this website. It's the home of current and future white papers on regional water issues by Dick Lanyon.

Just over 40 years ago, a person could float down Sherman Ave on a raft while other Evanstonians disposed of floodwater in their basements.

Will water quality degrade in the CAWS in 2031? Download the full article to learn more.

Sewage consists of water and a lot of inorganic and organic substances that for simplicty's sake are called bad stuff.

With bi-monthly Board of Commissioners meetings that are open to the public, it may appear to most observers that the MWRDGC is being...

Have municipalities, including the City of Chicago, paid attention to the adequacy of their local sewers?

On a May, 2023, spring day, an underground directional drilling machine for a new pipeline bumped into a solid object and stopped. The...

Reuse of wastewater by Illinois industry will protect Lake Michigan says new study, reported by Jay Landers in WEF magazine (October 2023).

Rapid urban growth of Chicago after incorporation as a city in 1837, gave rise to cholera epidemics aggravated by poor drainage and...

Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette passed through what is known today as the Chicago Portage during their Voyage of Discovery in 1673,...

The Pullman Historic Foundation presentation (Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall, July 23, 2023) explained the innovative work in...

Dick Lanyon delivers a 16-minute history on the construction of the Calumet-Sag Channel.

CSDX is the reporting mark for the District’s local Short Line railroad, and CSDX 39 identifies a former District sludge dump car.

Chicago: Marsh to Metropolis is a new publication I've recently written, which precedes the contents of my four-book series. Here's the...

The Chicago Maritime Museum hosted Dick's presentation of his book on February 19, 2021. View it at EVENTS - Chicago Maritime Museum

The Windy City Historians interviewed Dick on May 30, 2021, to tell the story of reversing the flow of the Chicago River to save the...

The Wolf Lake Initiative hosted a presentation of Dick's book on January 5, 2021. View it on YouTube at the following link. Calumet...