Cal-Sag Channel
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The Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, usually shortened to the Cal-Sag Channel, is a 16-mile-long drainage and shipping canal in southern Cook County, Illinois, operated by the Metropolitan Water Reclamati
Joliet Subdivision railroad crossing at Sag Bridge
The channel at Blue Island, looking northeast
Tunnel and Reservoir Plan
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The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Mic
Cal-Sag Channel
…adjacent suburbs. As a drainage channel, it is used as a conduit for treated effluent wastewater from southern Cook County, including the Chicago-area Deep Tunnel Project, into the Illinois Waterway. It is also used in the summertime by pleasure crafts. The canal runs westward through Calumet, Worth, Palos and Lemont…
Aerial view of Phase II of the McCook Reservoir under construction in 2023