Environmental groups, Illinois EPA to look at ways to improve Des Plaines River water

JOLIET – It wouldn’t be wise to go swimming or consume fish from the Des Plaines River.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency water quality test data show that various chemicals and bacteria are in the water, particularly in the stretch from Romeoville to the river’s confluence with the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal just north of Joliet.

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Ken Notes: Can you imagine the celebration if Illinois finds source point pollution traceable back to the new Foxconn Plant. We will here the shouts of joy from Springfield in Madison...