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NEWS FEATURE | SEPTEMBER 28, 2022




UNSAFE LEAD CONTAMINATION FOUND IN CHICAGO DRINKING WATER



By Peter Chawaga

Recent tests for thousands of consumers in Chicago found that 5% of them were
being served with drinking water that contained exceedingly high levels of lead
contamination.

“One in 20 tap water tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found
lead, a neurotoxin, at or above US government limits, according to a Guardian
analysis of a City of Chicago data trove,” The Guardian reported. “This means
that out of the 24,000 tests, approximately 1,000 homes had lead exceeding
federal standards.”

Experts fear that the problem could be even more widespread than the data
suggests, as there are hundreds of thousands of lead drinking water pipes
serving residents in the city, and most were not tested.

Recognizing that lead-based drinking water infrastructure is a widespread and
dangerous problem across the U.S., the Biden administration has recently
earmarked $50 billion to help replace it. But many water systems are finding
that identification and replacement of these lead drinking water lines may be
more challenging than they hoped.

“The situation in Chicago is emblematic of an immense national issue,” according
to The Guardian. “Although the Flint crisis rang alarm bells across the country,
estimates say there are some 10m lead pipes still serving US homes — meaning
these homes could potentially have unsafe tap water.”

Another point of contention is determining the exact levels that constitute
“unsafe” lead contamination. The U.S. EPA maintains an “action level” of 15
parts per billion for the contaminant, but many health advocates argue this is
not strict enough.

Chicago’s water authority pushed back on concerns about the findings, noting
that the testing method used would likely yield higher results for the presence
of lead.

“A spokesperson for the Chicago department of water management said … the city’s
testing method for lead involves deliberately letting the water stand for
several hours in the pipe, and is therefore an overestimation,” per The
Guardian. “The city also encourages residents with lead lines to flush their
water for five minutes every day before consuming.”

Most can agree that the country’s lead contamination problems will only truly be
solved once all outdated infrastructure is replaced. But as Chicago’s data now
demonstrate, that solution may still be a far way off.

“Even in 2020, Chicago officials admitted that replacing (lead service lines)
would take a long time, decades even,” Gizmodo reported. “Officials say the
extended timelines is due to the sheer number of lead lines and the billions of
dollars needed to deal with the problem.”

To read more about how utilities manage the infrastructure that delivers
drinking water, visit Water Online’s Drinking Water Distribution Solutions
Center.






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