Starved Rock Yacht Club

• A fun, family–friendly boating community.
• Club-owned property: the prettiest spot on the Illinois River, immediately west of Buffalo Rock State Park and across the river from Starved Rock State Park.
• 20-, 30- and 40-ft slips with water and electricity, personal watercraft docks, pump-out, fuel dock and launch ramp.
• Year-round use of Club facilities, including clubhouse with big-screen TVs, jukebox, great bar prices and a panoramic view.
• Beautiful deck overlooking the harbor and river.
• BBQ grills, picnic tables and landscaped grounds with kids’ play area.
• Monthly member dinners and a full calendar of events.
• River cruising trips.
• On-site storage for trailer boats.
• On-site winter storage space.
• Positive, friendly, cooperative boating community.
• Affiliate membership in Yachting Clubs of America, Lake Michigan Yachting Association and Illinois River Basin Boating Association

All this comes at a fraction of the cost of keeping your boat at a commercial marina. We’re able to keep membership and slip fees low because the Club relies on the skills and labor of our members. Members pitch in, doing what they do best, to make light work of the maintenance and improvement tasks around the Club. It’s a great way to make new friends and to feel the pride of ownership in an outstanding and unique club.

Pricing and details on how to join here.

There is news about two major clean water projects in Illinois: one just completed and one yet to be started.

Upriver, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago has completed work on its two major sewage treatment plants and is now disinfecting the outflows. New ultra violet light systems are killing any nasties in the water being released back into the river system. With more storm water storage capacity in the Deep Tunnel, mixed sewage and storm water runoff will be released into Lake Michigan less often.

However … “There are no plans yet for a disinfection facility at the Stickney treatment plant, the world’s largest sewage treatment plant, which handles more wastewater than the rest of the MWRD system’s treatment plants.” — CBS News/WBBM

More from CBS here.
The Tribune’s coverage is here.
… and some cool pictures from WTTW.

Downriver, Peoria is facing hard facts about its sanitation system. Storm water mixed with Continue reading “Two Major Projects Clean Up the Rivers”

Dredge pipes are fused together into longer lengths and positioned for the spring dredging project. Good work, crew!