Hydraulics in the Time of Cholera: The Chicago River, Lake Michigan and Urban Growth
Professor Marcelo Garcia explains how innovation turned Chicago’s unique water supply from a source of disease and disaster to a distinctive system for health and prosperity.
Marcelo Garcia
Chester and Helen Siess Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Water: The Ripple Effect
Our most precious resource is becoming more valuable by the day. Water affects and is affected by everything: it is the difference between life and death, health and sickness, rich and poor. CIW examines all aspects of the coming water crisis and the steps we can take now to solve it.
Speakers: Marcelo Garcia, Peter Gleick, Shalini Kantayya, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Wendy Pabich, Jon Rose
