City Of Chicago Water Meter Installation

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City of chicago water meter installation. Lightfoot announced tuesday that city officials will halt. Version 2 0 copyright 2019 by city of. The city of chicago s method to get property owners to install water meters is. Chicago s mayor lori lightfoot has halted work on the installation of new water meters across the city after new rounds of water testing revealed significant lead contamination of drinking.

Chicago wls chicago mayor lori lightfoot has suspended a water meter installation program that s been tied to elevated lead levels. Allison arwady acting commissioner of the department of public health today announced the city has paused the installation of water meters in homes with lead service lines after new data from an ongoing study found an increase in lead levels in a limited number of homes with water meters. Water meter questions are answered and water meters requested. Of 510 homes tested since 2017 22 had elevated lead levels in tap water after a meter installation city official says.

In 2016 the city commissioned the largest study ever to explore the possible impact of water main construction and meter installation on residential lead levels in single family and two flat homes. Lightfoot randy conner commissioner of the department of water management and dr. About 7 saw lead levels spike higher than 15 parts per billion three. 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.

The city of chicago plans to begin paying to replace old lead pipes connecting the water to some people s homes and installing meters on those old lines to measure usage. Department of water management randy conner commissioner.