Chicago’s Underground Infrastructure Crisis: How Extreme Weather is Overwhelming the City’s Century-Old Sewer System Chicago’s sewer system is facing an unprecedented challenge as climate change has brought more frequent and intense storms to Chicago in recent decades, with five of Chicago’s top ten wettest years dating back to the mid-1800s occurring in the last 22… Continue reading Chicago’s Sewer System Under Siege: How Climate Change is Accelerating Main Line Failures in 2025