RECVED
CLRI(’S
OFFICE
Emil
Eul
JUN
2009
2727
W.
Agatite
STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
Poflutlon
Control
eoara
60625
Chicago IL.
Dear
Illinois
Pollution
Control Board,
I
\
Hello
my
name
is
Emily
Eul
and
I attend
Waters
J.
Tomas
elementary.
Lately
our
school
ecology
teacher
has
taken
us
to
the
Chicago
River;
at
the
Chicago
River
we took
many
tests
in
which
we
did
not
find
the
best
results.
Like
for
dissolved
oxygen
we
got
a
1
which
is
very
low
and
bad
.Dissolved
oxygen
is
an
oxygen
that
fish
and
other
organisms
need
to
live
in
the
river
and
with
a low
grade
not
so
many
living
things
can
live
and
they
will
just
die
out.
So
my
fellow
classmates
and
I
believe
that
you
should
add
another
cleaning
system
or filter
to
help
this
test
improve.
After
you
add
filters
and
other
cleaning
devises
to
your
cleaning
systems
the
river
will
have
a
huge
difference
.But
at
the
Chicago
River
the
water
looked
filthy
and
you
could
see
dead
fish
and
dead
ducks
everywhere!
It
was
a
terrible
sight
if
you
care
for
the
environment,
animals
and
the
river
as
much
as
you
say
you
do
then
you
would
add
another
cleaning
system.
Sincerely,
Emily
M.
Eul
To:
Illinois
state
pollution
control
board
CLERK’S
OFFICE
From:
4540
N.
Campbell
JUN
182009
Dear,
Illinois
state
pollution
control
board
-
STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
7
Pollution Control
Board
/
My
name
is
Wagner
Regalizo.
I’m
from
water’s
school.
The
first
time
we
went
to
the
Chicago
River.
My
classmates
and
I
took
test
for
the
Chicago
River.
The
test
of
the
Chicago
River
was
bad.
The
rack
is
1-4.
But
1
is the
terrible
score
for
the
river.
4
is the
best
core
that
the
river
could
have.
Most
of
the
score
were
bad,
the
score
were
2
and
1. That
means
that
it
is very
bad.
Only
one
was
good. In
the
second
fieldtrip
that
my
classmates
and
I went
was
1-4
was
the
numbers.
When
we
finish
we
found
some
bugs.
Some
bugs
were
fast
and
some
weren’t
fast.
They
were
all
kind
of
bugs
in
the
Chicago
River.
There
were
fat
ones
and
skinny
ones.
There
were
a lot
of
cool
gooses
too.
Some
gooses
had
a family.
After
whey
finish
we
had
to
school.
Then
two
days
later
we
got
the
results
it was
bad.
Most
of
it was
1
and
2.
There
a
way
to
kip
the
Chicago
River
clean,
It
is to
not
to throw
things
in
the
water.
The
fish
are
dying
because
of the
bad
things
the
river
has.
That
makes
the
fish
die,
If
the
Chicago
River
is
still
have
garbage
less
fish
will
be there.
Sincerely,
Wagner
Regalizo
CLERk’S
OFFICE
JUN
18
2(109
STATE
OF
ILLINOIS
Pollution
Control
Board
Dear
Illinois
Pollution
Control
Board,
‘“
Hello!
My
name
is Kimberlee
and
I
am
a
student
at Thomas
J.
Waters
Elementary
school.
My class
and
I
have
recently
been
going
back
and
forth
to
the
Chicago
River.
We
have
been
taking
tests
to
see
if
the
river is
in
a very
dreadful
condition.
So
far
our
results
have
showed
that
the
river
is
in terrible
condition
and
that
is not
good.
Especially
for the
creatures
that
live
there!
The river
is a
home
to
many
living
things
that
depend
on the
river
for
survival.
Our
tests
have
showed
that
the dissolved
oxygen
is very
little
there.
Only
39%
or
4
parts
per
million
(4ppm)
dissolved
oxygen
is left
in the
river.
There
is
an
also
coliform
bacterium
that
is in
our
river,
it showed
up
as
positive
in
our tests.
The
river
used
to be
so
clear
as
a
crystal
back
then,
now
it’s filled
with harmful
bacteria
that
devour
the
oxygen
in
the
water.
Remember,
the
river
is a home
to
many
animals
and
marine
life. If
the
river
doesn’t
get
any
improved,
all life
that
surrounds
the
river
will
be lost.
I
would
like
to
ask
you
to
increase
the
disinfection,
clarification,
and
oxygenation
in
the
river.
Please,
the
river
and
fish
depends
on you!!!
Only
you
can build
a
better
environment
for the
Chicago
River.
©
Sincerely
Yours,
Kimberlee
Ombalino
182009
Dear
Illinois
State
Pollution
Control Board,
STvrE
Poll
L,ti
rol
BOard
The
six
graders
from
Thomas
J.
Waters
Elementary
school
just
took
a
chance
to
walk
through
the
Chicago
River on Monday,
May,
11,
2009 and
did
some
tests
on
the
Chicago
River.
I’m
one
of
the
students of
this
six
grade
class
and
when
we
got
the
results,
I
was
disappointed
and
I couldn’t
believe
how
polluted
the
Chicago
River
was.
With
the
pollutants,
it
could
destroy
our
environments’
appearance
and
it
could extinct
the
animals
that
live
in
it.
If we
don’t
clean
up
our
situation,
then
the
people
from
Chicago
would
live
their
lives
miserable
because
of
the
Chicago
River,
smelling all
acrid.
We
could
all
prevent
this
pollution
to
worsen
by
to
stop
dumping
sewage
in
the
water. People
that
works
in
the
sewage
company
could’ve
dump
the
sewage
somewhere
rather
than
the
River.
Animals
could
die
and
our
wild
life
would
also
go
extinct.
Another
solution
for
this
crisis
is
to
prevent
people
from
littering
and
have
more
trash
cans
and
recycle bins
near
the
Chicago
River.
There
are
many
ways
to
solve
our
environment
issue
like
this
is
in
Chicago,
but
I hope
someday
this
could
be
resolve
by
people
that
really
do
care
for
our
city.
I wish
the
Illinois
Pollution
Control
Board
grant
my
wish
and
make
an
act
to
help
our
Chicago
River.
Sincerely,
Mayrel
Deguzman,
Chicago