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West Side flooding prompts deluge of complaints at budget hearing

“I don’t see nothing there for the West Side. It makes me sick to my stomach,” Ald. Emma Mitts told Water Commissioner Andrea Cheng.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2023

‘Where do I go from here?’: Over 12,000 basement flooding reports were filed with 311 after record rainfall in July

Weeks after the record-setting storm, Chicagoans in the affected areas continue to grapple with flooded basements, standing water, waterlogged appliances and growing mold and mildew.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 24, 2023

Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago

While Detroit, a city that went through bankruptcy, made the decision to remove all of its lead water pipes to prevent lead poisoning, the city of Chicago opted to leave many lead pipes in the ground

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2023

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Lightfoot’s plan to replace Chicago’s lead water pipes has switched out 280 of an estimated 390,000 service lines

Only 280 Chicago homeowners have had a lead service line replaced under city programs the past two years — out of an estimated 390,000 lead lines, the most in any city in the United States.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 2, 2022

Chicago to restart voluntary water meter installations after three-year pause amid concern about elevated lead levels

A new state law kicks off Jan. 1 requiring lead service lines be replaced with non-lead lines when a meter is installed. That increases the cost of the meter installation, so the city is rushing to install as many meters as possible by year’s end.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2022

Ordinance to end water shutoffs fails in committee

Andrea Cheng, the city’s water commissioner, said while “in general we agree with the intent to improve water affordability,” her department had no way to implement what the proposed ordinance would require it to do.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 10, 2022

Move over Evian. Chicago introduces ‘Chicagwa,’ Lake Michigan tap water in a can

CHICAGO — Move aside Aquafina, Evian, Mountain Valley and Fiji.

Chicago Tribune · May 9, 2022

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Lead water line replacements in Illinois may soar well past 1 million

The cost to replace just 380,000 in Chicago could reach $10 billion, an official said at a U.S. Senate hearing on getting rid of pipes with the brain-damaging metal.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 21, 2022

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