The fight to end lead contamination in drinking water is playing out with high stakes in the Midwest. The region accounts for a disproportionate share of the roughly 9.2 million lead pipes across the U.S.
will direct hire city water dept unions (operators 150) be able to get away with bilking taxpayers with $30g per lead waterline replacement as fed funds presumably dry up under a trump administration when nationally other municipalities are replacing lead waterlines for a fraction of cost??
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.
Kennedy wants to remove fluoride from our water supply. About time. This is what fluoride does to lead pipes.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/chloramine-lead-pipes-fluoride-contaminated-tap-water
will direct hire city water dept unions (operators 150) be able to get away with bilking taxpayers with $30g per lead waterline replacement as fed funds presumably dry up under a trump administration when nationally other municipalities are replacing lead waterlines for a fraction of cost??