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Plans to block carp will re-reverse Chicago River

Jan 31 2012

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Keeping the invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will involve re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River -- an engineering marvel completed a century ago through a complex network of rivers, canals, and locks, a new study said on Tuesday. The study proposed three options to separate the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River basin near Chicago and keep Asian carp and ...