As Chicago braces for more rain, this is why the city decided to reverse the flow of the Chicago River Sunday to prevent major downtown flooding.
Wednesday, staff at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago was bracing for more rain.
ABC7 visited the MWRD's Waterway Control Center on one of those stressful days, as engineers try to make room in the system for today's anticipated storm. "The lake is the source of our drinking water, so you want to protect that drinking water at all costs," he said. "Then you turn to protecting the public from flooding, then we have to do what we do to protect them."
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