Brian Jack with the Illinois Section American Water Works Association explained that the average cost of just one lead service line replacement is $3,000 to $8,000. “I mean that could be, you know, $3 billion to $5 billion dollars — just for Illinois,” Jack said.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.