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Millions in loans to replace lead pipes pumping water into Chicago homes remain unspent
-City officials said they plan to accelerate spending to replace lead service lines in 2026. The city also remains far behind telling Chicagoans of the health risks.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChicago was supposed to warn residents about toxic lead pipes last year. Most still have no idea.
-Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature LeadFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
-The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinStudents at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations
-Students from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of a contest for innovations in sustainability.
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Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsLeadMilwaukeeNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin communities receive $273M for drinking water projects
-State awards financial aid to 86 communities for projects to address lead pipes, PFAS contamination.
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APEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChildren of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists
-Dozens of the children of Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began.
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Equity and Environmental JusticeFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsJudge holds Flint in contempt for continued lead pipe replacement delays
-The city was supposed to finish replacing all lead service lines in Flint by 2020. The work still isn’t done. The ruling includes no financial penalties.
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APFeature HomepageLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHarris announces $5.8 billion for water infrastructure projects, says clean water is a right
-The Biden administration announced that states will share $5.8 billion in federal funds for water infrastructure projects around the country.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInfrastructureInterviewLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
-William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGovernment watchdog: EPA slow to raise alarm in Benton Harbor water crisis
-Government auditors say EPA officials failed to follow a new “elevation policy” that’s meant to generate a stronger response to the most urgent environmental and public health threats.
