Secondary Sources:

"SAP NetWeaver Portal." MWRD, 7 Aug. 02. Web. 14 Dec. 2016.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District website contains most of the

information about the background behind the Deep Tunnel. Mwrd.org was
created by the people who started maintain the deep tunnel and have direct
information about the project. It not only includes history about the project,
but also maps and pictures on record that I used in my project to help people
visualize it. There are also brochures and status reports that contain
additional info that I accessed through their website.

Bukro, Casey. "Deep Tunnel Opens." Chicagotribune.com. Tribune, 2008.

Web. 14 Dec. 2016.

I like this article about the deep tunnel project because it doesnt just list the
information about it like the cost and time; it describes the effect that it had
on the people of Chicago. For example it mentions that in 1954 and 1957, all
of downtown Chicago flooded along with many surrounding neighborhoods,
which is why the project was carried out. The article is communicating to the
people not just how but why the city needs necessary facilities like this to
protect the people.

Shefsky, Jay. "Thinking Big About Sewage." Chicago Tonight | WTTW. WTTW,
19 May 2015. Web. 14 Dec. 2016.

This was interesting to use because it is basically a short documentary that

provides a unique source as part of my research. People from WTTW created
a video that provides information about the project in a way that is
captivating more than my other sources are. Two people are shown exploring
the tunnel while describing it. They included visuals that helped me
understand how the tunnel was created.

Dee, Jay. "Chicago Water and Reservoir Plan." The Robbins Company. TBM,
n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2016.

This source provided many of the specifications of how the project was
carried out, and the specifics on the tunnel itself. This is basically just
information that I used to support my project. This will help the audience
understand why the project took so long to build, and it will give them some
background on what the tunnel actually does and how it functions.
"Help Friends Continue to Improve the Chicago River." Tunnel and Reservoir
Plan - About the River - Friends of the Chicago River. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec.
2016.

The friends of the Chicago River describe the purpose of the project, mainly
to prevent flooding, but also to keep sewage out of the rivers. This provided
me with information on how other organizations viewed the project and the
effects it would have on them. They seam to be glad for it because they are
associated with water systems and treatment in Chicago.

Cusick, Daniel, and ClimateWire. "Can Chicago Handle the Coming Rains?"
Scientific American. Environment and Energy Publishing LLC, 2012. Web. 15
Dec. 2016.

The Scientific American article analyzes whether the project was even
necessary for what we intended it to do. It is good to have differing
perspectives like this when building a large civil project. They came to the
conclusion that it was necessary which is reassuring to the common person
who doesnt know about the project.

Belew, James. "Chicago TARP Aug09 McCook Reservoir Connection Tunnel

Design - TunnelTalk." RSS. N.p., 1 Aug. 09. Web. 15 Dec. 2016.

On the tunnel talk website, they explain how Chicago cooperated with
surrounding suburbs and reduced the cost of the project by extending the
tunnel through parts of the metropolitan area. Although it was most
necessary for Chicago, I described how other places such as Desplains
agreed to take part in the project.

Ray, Richard. "Person Killed in Deep Tunnel Project: Officials." NBC Chicago.
N.p., 12 Dec. 2016. Web. 15 Dec. 2016.

I thought it would be interesting to include recent events about the deep

tunnel to show how it is still operational today. Although this has more to do
with someone who died in an accident and not as much with the project
itself, it mentions that a deep tunnel project is still operational showing how
it is continually improved.

Chicago. "Water Treatment." City of Chicago :: Water Treatment. N.p., 1 Jan.

2010. Web. 23 Dec. 2016.
This website provides background information about the City of Chicagos
entire water system to inform the reader beyond the focus of the project.
This includes how the water is taken from Lake Michigan, cleaned, and then
distributed throughout Chicago. The deep tunnel is only part of the process,
but the most important one.

Tarantola, Andrew. "Chicago's Stickney Wastewater Treatment Plant ."

Gizmodo. N.p., 2011. Web. 23 Dec. 2016.

This other treatment plant is connected to the deep tunnel and provides
additional information about the process. I also went to this facility and it
was an important part of the water reclamation project and explains how the
waste is dried and used to benefit the soil of golf courses and parks to help it
grow.

Tarantola, Andrew. "How Chicago Purifies One Million Gallons of Water Every
Minute." Gizmodo. N.p., 2011. Web. 23 Dec. 2016.

This is another interesting article that explains the complexity and

convenience the Chicago water system provides to us every day while we
give little notice. It takes thousands of workers and expensive facilities to
have water in our faucets. It might not seem significant, but I mentioned how
our water system is the largest in the world and has great benefits.

Koziarz, Jay. "Long-Awaited Upgrades to Water Infrastructure Means a Cleaner

Chicago River." Curbed Chicago. N.p., 2016. Web. 23 Dec. 2016.

This article explains how the project made great efforts in cleaning the
Chicago river which has encourage more people to participate in water
related activities. It has also greatly improved the rivers ecology and allowed
a greater number of fish to live in it. These are some of the positive effects
along with just non-flooding that I included.

Rivers, Great Chicago. "Great Rivers Chicago." Water quality Great Rivers
Chicago: Reconnecting Chicago and our Rivers. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Dec. 2016.

This website includes graphs and factual information that support that the
quality of the river has improved. When the project became operational, you
can see a spike in the rivers health over the next year. This source can help
support my arguments that the project had positive effects.
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February 15, 2017
Annotated Sources

Primary Sources:

Schein, David L. "Deep Tunnel." Deep Tunnel. Chicago, 1 July 86. Web. 15
Dec. 2016.

This online encyclopedia includes many of the primary source documents

that I used in the representation of my project and on the website. This
includes more maps but also the blueprints and planning that took place
prior to construction, which is very interesting and helpful for people to see.
It doesnt have any descriptions but I used the information I found from other
sources to understand the documents.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

The most necessary source was in fact touring the deep tunnel and
experiencing it myself. There are also many civil engineers there that I talked
to and in order to collect more information that Im wasnt able to find online.
This provided another unique source like the documentary that diversified
the information that I collected.

Primary Source Images:

"Northerly Island in Chicago, Illinois." Illinois in Focus: A Photographic Tour of

the Land of Lincoln. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

This image shows part of the Chicago Prairie with the City of Chicago shown
behind it. This helps the reader of the website understand why Chicago is
prone to water issues due to its unique landscape. It also connects it to the
city to show how its a problem even in urban cities like Chicago.

"A visit from the MMSD." Naturalexplorermke. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

This is a diagram of the deep tunnel to show viewers how the deep tunnel
works effectively. It shows the direction that water flows through the system,
and I used it to show why it worked in resolving CSOs.

"Sanitary sewer overflow." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Dec. 2016.

Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

This picture is an actual representation of what can happen when too much
water gets into the sewer system. It shows the reader what dangerous
affects can occur when a structure such as the deep tunnel is not in use.

Wolfgang, Ben. "Dangers of Floods." The Washington Times. The Washington

Times, 30 Jan. 2015. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

This shows one of the largest floods in Chicago history, which occurred in
1948 and damaged the entire city of Chicago. I used it to show why the deep
tunnel project was necessary to protect citizens. Without it, the city would be
uninhabitable, and much less people would live in Chicago.

" Water Pollution." Water Pollution | Sources and Causes of Water Pollution |
Biology@TutorVista.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

Water pollution is a major problem in the Chicago rivers, and pollution as

seen in this image helps explain how bad it really was and why Chicago
prevented people from swimming or canoeing due to major health risks.

Schalliol, David, and Shipping Included. "Touring the Deep Tunnel and
Thornton Quarry." Gapers Block. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

This is one of the reservoirs, the Thornton Reservoir that was connected to
the deep tunnel and is necessary to function. It shows how the TARP project
includes not just the deep tunnel, but also an entire system of water facilities
that support the city.

"Paul Velgos Photography." Chicago River - Images | Buy Canvas Prints, Large
Wall Art and Stock Photos. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.
In this picture of Chicago, the river is much cleaner, showing how the city
made efforts to improve the water system and allow canoeing and
recreational water activities for their residents.