Scientists with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District of Greater Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)
Argonne National Laboratory are conducting a groundbreaking seven-year study
that is showing early indications of healthy and diverse microbial
communities in the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS). Learn more by
clicking the links below.
Study Updates
Phase I
Interim Report for Chicago Area Waterways System Microbiome Research December 2013-December 2015
Phase II Interim Report for Chicago Area Waterways System Microbiome Research April 2013-December 2017