Does drinking water in Chicago suburbs have anything to do with Asian Carp?
Ahh… this is where things get really complicated. I suspect that the long-term solution to the flow of the Chicago River, invasive species, etc. will eventually come down to readily available, affordable drinking water. I say this because a reporter in December 2009 went on the streets of Chicago and randomly interviewed 25 people about Asian Carp. (I wish I could find this reference, but seem to have misplaced it.) Of the 25 people, 23 had no idea what the reporter was talking about and did not really care. The remaining two were very much anti-Asian Carp. In other words, the majority of people do not find Asian Carp too interesting or important, while a few people get very emotional about this issue. If you were to go out and recreate these interviews today, but asked about drinking water, then everybody would have an opinion because everybody cares about drinking water. And preferably this water would be clean and cheap. Ironically, few people actually know where their drinking wa
