Some residents of suburban Chicago found out Saturday morning — courtesy of some bottled water on their front stoops paired with an announcement from their water utility — that their water was unsafe to drink due to elevated lead levels.
The utility, Aqua Illinois, told customers they found high levels of lead in some communities in the south suburbs of the city.
“The first thing that came to my mind was the situation in Flint, Michigan,” University Park resident Sarah Boyd tells NBC TV-5 Chicago.
The actual announcement came in the form of a robocall telling residents not
News Briefs: Suburban Chicago Residents Warned About Elevated Lead Levels
Also in this week's sewer and water news, the Michigan Attorney General has dismissed pending charges related to the Flint Water Crisis and plans to open a new investigation into the matter
Jun 18, 2019
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