Why was the Chicago River reversed?

The sewage and pollutants in the water made Chicago residents susceptible to disease, especially cholera and typhoid fever. Chicago's solution to the problem was to reverse the flow of the Chicago River and build a canal connecting the south branch of the river to the Des Plaines River.



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