The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago oversees the Deep Tunnel project, a series of reservoirs meant to keep floodwaters and sewer overflow at bay in the Chicago region.

Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2, the region’s $3.8 billion flood-control project appeared ready as can be to bottle up storm runoff. The Deep Tunnel… ...

CHICAGO — Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2, the region’s $3.8 billion flood-control project appeared ready as can be ... The Deep Tunnel’s ...

Where was Chicago’s Deep Tunnel in all this during Thursday’s flooding? It’s a question that arises whenever serious flooding happens in our area. The giant sewer and reservoir system was ...

The Feds and the state get impatient with Deep Tunnel, forcing the state into an agreement to get it done on time—by 2029. Here's how it's (sort of) responsible for the Asian carp crisis, and ...

With all the flooding and the loss of homeowners’ appliances, material possessions on the curb and raw sewage in cellars, it begs the question: What happened to the much touted deep tunnel pr… ...

The first phase of the Deep Tunnel project, begun in the 70s several billion dollars ago, now consists of over 100 miles of tunnels. It was designed principally for pollution control.

A construction company employee died in the Deep Tunnel Project Monday in suburban Summit, officials confirmed. The Summit Fire Department confirmed that a person was killed in the 7700 block of ...

After 40 years, Chicago's Deep Tunnel project is complete. Take a last look before Thornton Reservoir fills and finishes a chapter of Chicago public works history. By Andrew Gill ...

Chicago-area governments are hailing the completion of a major portion of the Deep Tunnel. The construction project is meant to protect local waterways. Deep Tunnel workers have burrowed under the ...