Chris Bentley

Chicago

Associate Producer at Here & Now

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Are there fallout shelters left in Chicago?

1 day ago | wbez.org | Chris Bentley
London’s ‘super sewer’ is keeping sewage out of the Thames River

1 week ago | wesa.fm | Chris Bentley

Spring rains that once might have spilled sewage into the River Thames are instead filling up London’s new “super sewer” – a massive network of tunnels designed to bring the city’s plumbing into the 21st century. Tideway, the company formed to build the new infrastructure, began construction more than a decade ago and announced the connection of the new system in February.
London’s ‘super sewer’ is keeping sewage out of the Thames River

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Chris Bentley

Spring rains that once might have spilled sewage into the River Thames are instead filling up London’s new “super sewer” – a massive network of tunnels designed to bring the city’s plumbing into the 21st century. Tideway, the company formed to build the new infrastructure, began construction more than a decade ago and announced the connection of the new system in February.
London’s ‘super sewer’ is keeping sewage out of the Thames River

1 week ago | wbur.org | Chris Bentley

London’s ‘super sewer’ is keeping sewage out of the Thames RiverBazalgette Park under construction in Blackfriars. (Chris Bentley/Here & Now)After a decade of construction, London's "super sewer" is almost finished. Tideway, the company building the massive expansion to London's underground drainage system, says its new network of pipes has already intercepted 6.8 million tons of sewage and runoff that might otherwise have spilled into the Thames River.
In search of clean water, scientists are improving desalination technology

3 weeks ago | wbur.org | Peter O'Dowd |Chris Bentley |Grace Griffin

Drought and climate change are impacting water supplies around the world. But desalination — pulling fresh, drinkable water from saltwater— can offer some relief. Desalination technology has existed for a while; dry countries like Israel, Saudi Arabia and Spain have used it for years. Most desalination technology uses a lot of energy, and leaves behind a toxic byproduct: all the salt extracted from the water. But scientists and entrepreneurs are working to improve its capabilities.
Who can drink Great Lakes water? Joliet, Illinois, raises a familiar — and contentious — question

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Chris Bentley

This year, Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running dry. Joliet, Illinois, about 30 miles from Lake Michigan, draws its water from an aquifer deep underground . The area’s geology effectively seals off that underground reservoir, preventing rain from replenishing it. Since people started pumping from it in the 19th century, the aquifer has been drained much faster than it can recharge.
Who can drink Great Lakes water? Joliet, Illinois, raises a familiar - and contentious - question

3 weeks ago | wbur.org | Chris Bentley

This year, Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running dry. Joliet, Illinois, about 30 miles from Lake Michigan, draws its water from an aquifer deep underground. The area’s geology effectively seals off that underground reservoir, preventing rain from replenishing it. Since people started pumping from it in the 19th century, the aquifer has been drained much faster than it can recharge.
One of the nation's first public housing projects turned to museum

1 month ago | wbur.org | Chris Bentley

One of the nation's first public housing projects turned to museumInside the historic apartments. (Courtesy of Percy Ollie Jr. of Ollie Photography, Inc.)One of the nation’s first housing projects is getting a new life as a museum of public housing. Chicago’s Jane Addams Homes exemplified the rise and fall of public housing in the 20th century, from their construction under the New Deal in 1938 to their eventual demolition in the 2000s. Today, just one building remains.
Reporters' notebook: How can we be less wasteful?

Jan 31, 2025 | wbur.org | Chris Bentley |Peter O'Dowd

Chris Bentley Producer, Here & NowChris Bentley is a producer for Here & Now, where he has produced daily news and features since 2015. Chris came to the show from Chicago. Peter O'Dowd Senior Editor, Here & NowPeter O’Dowd has a hand in most parts of Here & Now — producing and overseeing segments, reporting stories and occasionally filling in as host. He came to Boston from KJZZ in Phoenix. Reporters' notebook: How can we be less wasteful?
How two dumpster divers found love and a living combing through trash

Jan 30, 2025 | wbur.org | Chris Bentley

To Dave Sheffield, the dumpsters of Western New York are like old friends — reliable, generous and still capable of surprising him sometimes. As snow falls on the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, Sheffield leaps into a garbage bin and begins rifling through a pile of greasy pizza boxes in search of something more valuable. Pushing aside heaps of plastic bags and discarded chicken wings, he hoists a beat-up microwave and a tangle of electrical equipment.