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APChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
The problem within: Biden targets lead pipes, pushes equity
-Biden’s plan to replace every lead water pipe in the country could have huge ramifications for Chicago and others where a swath of Black, Latino and low-income residents have been left effectively drinking from a lead straw.
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Spotlight on Infrastructure: Policy executive talks new Biden plan, definitions of infrastructure
-A Chicago policy executive talked to Great Lakes Now about the Biden infrastructure plan and what a full partnership with the federal government could mean.
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Drinking Water News Roundup: New York water standards deferrals, microplastics in Pennsylvania
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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ChicagoCOVID-19Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Priority Shift: Great Lakes exec moves environmental justice to top of list
-Ending water shutoffs, redefining a restored Great Lakes displace legacy issues for president of the nonpartisan nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes.
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Drinking Water News Roundup: Climate change and Illinois water withdrawals, clean water for Michigan students
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Drinking Water News Roundup: Joliet picks Chicago, Minnesota road salt, Ohio EPA loans
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Asian CarpBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNews
Michigan, Illinois sign agreement to build Asian Carp barrier
-There are already electric barriers to stop Asian Carp. This new one will be more complex and the first line of defense.
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APAsian CarpBudgetChicagoFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Deal reached on project to protect lakes from invasive fish
-Michigan, Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have agreed on funding the next phase of an initiative to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes by strengthening defenses on a Chicago-area waterway, officials said Thursday.
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Drinking Water News Roundup: Joliet water supply, contaminated water, support for Wisconsin farmers and water quality
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.