Chicago Residents Risk Daily Lead Exposure From Toxic Pipes. Replacing Them Will Take Decades.

Chicago’s Water Runs Through Lead Pipes. Why Are They Taking Decades to Replace?

Growing up in Chicago, Chakena D. Perry knew not to trust the water coming out of her tap. “It was just one of these unspoken truths within households like mine — low-income, Black households — that there was some sort of distrust with the water,” said Perry, who later learned that Chicago is the city with the most lead service lines in the country. “No one really talked about it… Source

Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind the Federal Deadline – Inside Climate News

The Biden-era U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandated that water systems across the country replace all their lead service lines. Under the new rule, most water systems will have 10 years to complete replacements, while Chicago will likely get just over 20, starting in 2027, when that requirement kicks in. But the city’s replacement plan, submitted to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in April per state law and obtained through …

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.

Growing up in Chicago, Chakena D. Perry knew not to trust the water coming out of her tap. “It was just one of these unspoken truths within households like mine — low-income, Black households — that there was some sort of distrust with the water,” said Perry, who later learned that Chicago is the city with the most lead service lines in the country. “No one really talked about it, but we never used our tap for just regular drinking.” Now, as a s…

Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind the Federal Deadline - Inside Climate News

Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.

City urges 5th Ward residents to replace lead pipes - Evanston RoundTable

At Thursday's Fifth Ward meeting at Fleetwood-Jourdain and on Google Meet, Hibo Mohamed and Jon Meyer from the city's Lead Service Line Replacement team

Many Chicagoans likely to wait decades for dangerous lead pipes to be replaced – Usa news

This story is a partnership between WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News. Growing up in Chicago, Chakena D. Perry knew not to trust the water coming out of her tap. “It was just one of these unspoken truths within households like mine — low-income, Black households — that there was some sort of distrust with the water,” said Perry, who later learned that Chicago is the city with the most lead service lines in the country. “No one really talked ab…