Waterbodies

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal – Wikipedia

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal – Wikipedia

The canal was primarily built as a sewage treatment scheme. Prior to its opening in 1900, sewage from the city of Chicago was dumped into the Chicago River and flowed into Lake Michigan. The city's drinking water supply was located offshore, and there were fears that the sewage could reach the intake and cause serious disease outbreaks. Since the sewer systems were already flowing into the river, the decision was made to dam the river and reverse its flow, thereby sending all the sewage inland where it could be treated before emptying it into the Des Plaines.

A secondary goal was to replace the shallow and narrow Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M), which had originally connected Lake Michigan with the Mississippi starting in 1848. As part of the construction of the new canal, the entire route was built to allow much larger ships to navigate it. It is 202 feet (62 m) wide and 24 feet (7.3 m) deep, over three times the size of the I&M. The I&M became a secondary route with the new canal's opening and was shut down entirely with the creation of the Illinois Waterway network in 1933.

Round Lakes In New York

The National Hydrological Database lists nine lakes in New York State that are named Round Lake. This interactive map shows the location of the lakes, the towns and counties where the lakes exist. Zoom in to see the lakes and topography around each Round Lake.

DEC confirms that state-owned boat launches have been reopened – newyorkupstate.com

Coronavirus: DEC confirms that state-owned boat launches have been reopened – newyorkupstate.com

A online petition on change.org requesting that they be reopened was started by Sean Silvernail, of Schenectady, and gathered more than 21,000 signatures.

Friday and Saturday, the state did relax rules about golf courses and marinas — though they are not operating as they would in pre-coronavirus conditions.

Sign the Open NY State Boat Launches Petition…

Sign the Open NY State Boat Launches Petition

Recreational Boaters and Fisherman are devastated with the recent announcement of closing NYS Boat Launches. Now many boaters and fishermen are not able to enjoy a day in the water enjoying fresh air with people who they live with or by themselves. While it may make sense to limit certain venues and places that attract massive amounts of people to minimize the potential spread of the Coronavirus it is not reasonable to abruptly close boat launches for recreational boaters and sportsmen alike. Many of these people have heavily invested resources for these activities including state mandated permits, fees, registrations, licenses and such. This abrupt closure is not in line with other measures put in place to flatten the curve.

Sunoco Fined $2 Million for Mariner East Spills in Raystown Lake – The Allegheny Front

Sunoco Fined $2 Million for Mariner East Spills in Raystown Lake – The Allegheny Front

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Sunoco Pipeline almost $2 million for pollution releases into Raystown Lake during the construction of the Mariner East pipeline.

Between April and December 2017, Sunoco spilled more than 200,000 gallons of drilling mud into the lake while building a section of the Mariner East pipeline beneath it.

Sunoco didn’t immediately report the spills, which it found had coated 8-acres of the lakebed.