Chicago Area Waterway System

E406500
infrastructure network waterway system

The Chicago Area Waterway System is an interconnected network of rivers, canals, and channels in and around Chicago that manages navigation, flood control, and wastewater conveyance between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chicago Area Waterway System canonical 3
Chicago River system 1
North Branch Chicago River (historically via canals and wetlands) 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infrastructure network ⓘ
waterway system ⓘ
cityServed Chicago ⓘ
connects Great Lakes Basin ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes basin

Mississippi River basin ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
environmentalIssue Asian carp migration concern ⓘ
aquatic invasive species transfer risk ⓘ
combined sewer overflows ⓘ
water quality impairment ⓘ
hasPart Calumet River ⓘ
Calumet-Sag Channel ⓘ
Chicago River ⓘ
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ⓘ
Des Plaines River ⓘ
surface form: Des Plaines River (segment)

Illinois River ⓘ
surface form: Illinois River (upper segment)

Lake Calumet ⓘ
Chicago Harbors system ⓘ
surface form: Lake Michigan shoreline channels near Chicago

Calumet River ⓘ
surface form: Little Calumet River

Chicago River ⓘ
surface form: Main Stem Chicago River

Chicago River ⓘ
surface form: North Branch Chicago River

Chicago River ⓘ
surface form: South Branch Chicago River
hasStructure controlling works at Chicago Harbor ⓘ
dams ⓘ
levees ⓘ
locks ⓘ
navigation channels ⓘ
sluice gates ⓘ
hydrologicalRole diversion of Lake Michigan water ⓘ
reversal of Chicago River flow ⓘ
legalFramework Clean Water Act ⓘ
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
manages commercial navigation ⓘ
recreational navigation ⓘ
wastewater transport away from Lake Michigan ⓘ
navigationLink Gulf of Mexico via Mississippi River ⓘ
St. Lawrence Seaway via Great Lakes ⓘ
operator Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
surface form: Illinois Waterway

Inland Waterway System of the United States ⓘ
primaryFunction flood control ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
stormwater management ⓘ
wastewater conveyance ⓘ
regionServed northeastern Illinois ⓘ
regulator Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Coast Guard

United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
relatedProject Brandon Road Lock and Dam ⓘ
surface form: Brandon Road Lock and Dam invasive species project

Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) ⓘ
usedFor barge transportation ⓘ
floodwater conveyance ⓘ
industrial shipping ⓘ
municipal wastewater discharge ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterSource Lake Michigan ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Shore Channel → partOf → Chicago Area Waterway System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago River system
North Shore Channel → partOf → Chicago Area Waterway System ⓘ
Des Plaines River → hasLeftTributary → Chicago Area Waterway System ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Branch Chicago River (historically via canals and wetlands)
Lockport Lock and Dam → partOf → Chicago Area Waterway System ⓘ
Wilmette Pumping Station → partOf → Chicago Area Waterway System ⓘ