Chicago Water Meter Lead

The department of water management is responsible for delivering nearly 1 billion gallons of fresh pure water to the residents of chicago and 125 suburban communities.

Chicago water meter lead. City testing of chicago homes with water meters found nearly 1 in 5 sampled had brain damaging lead in tap water but mayor rahm emanuel s water commissioner acknowledged thursday the city. But the temporary hold. Customers will only be charged for the water used and the total annual water bills are guaranteed not to be any higher that the normal assessed rate for seven years. To have a complete understanding of what it takes to protect water quality the city of chicago commissioned chicago s water quality study in 2016 to investigate the possible impact on drinking water of installing water mains or water meters.

Of 510 homes tested since 2017 22 had elevated lead levels in tap water after a meter installation city official says. Metersave is a program in chicago allowing customers with assessed water accounts to have a water meter installed in there single family homes or two flats. Chicago water meter program halted after testing reveals lead contamination by benjamin mateus 10 july 2019 chicago s mayor lori lightfoot has halted work on the installation of new water. About 7 saw lead levels spike higher than 15 parts per billion three.

This is the biggest study of its kind ever conducted. A city study now a full year old found that installing the meters which requires disturbing decades old lead pipes often leads to elevated levels of lead in tap water.