Title | Date | Summary | Source | Tags |
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$8 million grant sought for sewers | 1981-09-17 | The village plans to apply for an EPA grant of more than $8 million to fund a three-part program for improvements to the local sewer system. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, September 17, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Flood control, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Grants, Sewers and sewage disposal |
Air flood control study: Two likely solutions would cost millions | 1978-04-06 | Study says cost of relieving periodic flooding that results in back-up of sewer system into residents' basements would cost millions. | The News, Thursday, April 6, 1978, p. 3 | Flood control, Sewers and sewage disposal |
Board approves spending for flood-control project | 1989-04-06 | The Skokie Board of Trustees approved contracts for the construction of a flood control system of sewers, ponds and subterranean tanks. Work will begin this spring in central Skokie. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 6, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 7 | Flood control, Construction, Sewers and sewage disposal |
Centre East, sewer project gain $1/2 million | 1986-07-10 | Skokie was the recipient of two $500,000 grants from the Build Illinois program. | Skokie Review, Thursday, July 10, 1986, p. 3 | Skokie - Budget and expenditures, Performing arts, Build Illinois Program, Grants, Sewers and sewage disposal, Centre East for the Performing Arts |
Chemical waste dumping ban extended | 1988-08-11 | A temporary restraining order preventing Skokie chemical firm, Hodag Chemical Corp., from pouring more toxic waste into a sewer was extended to August 30. | Skokie Review, Thursday, August 11, 1988, p. 3 | Hodag Chemical Corporation, Sewers and sewage disposal, Environment, Laws and regulations |
Deep tunnel necessary: Skokie Board | 1980-12-25 | Commenting on Senator Percy's call for discontinuation of the Deep Tunnel project, Trustee McCabe said the Senator is unaware of the project's importance. | The News, Thursday, December 25, 1980, p. 3 | Flood control, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Percy, Charles H., Sewers and sewage disposal, McCabe, Frank |
Down the drain: Gas station owner faces crisis as McCormick closed for sewers | 1981-07-19 | Shirak Housepian owns a gas station at the corner of Howard and McCormick. The Metropolitan Sanitary District closed McCormick between Howard and Oakton and Housepian says his business has since dropped at least 65%. | Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, July 19, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Metropolitan Sanitary District, Sewers and sewage disposal, Business - Automobile service stations and gas stations, Housepian, Shirak, Streets - Maintenance and repair |
Drop boom on neighbor | 1974-08-01 | Village Board accepted recommendation that downspouts in Fairview South area should be disconnected from the sewer system. | The News, Thursday, August 1, 1974, p. 10 | Ordinances, Sewers and sewage disposal |
Explosion injuries 13 | 1979-01-18 | An explosion January 16 at the Skokie site of the Deep Tunnel Project injured 13 men and shut down operations. | The News, Thursday, January 18, 1979, p. 6 | Flood control, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Sewers and sewage disposal |
Firm accused of dumping chemicals into sewer | 1988-08-04 | A lawsuit was filed against the president and the general manager of the Hodag Chemical Corporation, 7247 Central Avenue, for deliberately pouring large amounts of toxic waste into a sewer. | Skokie Review, Thursday, August 4, 1988, p. 3 | Hodag Chemical Corporation, Litigation, Sewers and sewage disposal, Business, Environment |