WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

Conservation groups are taking the Chicago-area’s water reclamation district to court, accusing the agency of chronically polluting the region’s river system.

Among many areas of broad agreement on environmental issues, all the candidates for Chicago mayor have come out in favor of disinfecting wastewater that flows into local waterways. The region’s effluent is treated, but not disinfected to kill harmful germs.

To say that fishing is the central passion of Don Dubin’s life might be an understatement. The Chicago native grew up fishing in public parks on the city’s West Side.