City Of Chicago Water Meter Lead

Department of water management randy conner commissioner.

City of chicago water meter lead. Version 2 0 copyright 2019 by city of. 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. This is the biggest study of its kind ever conducted. Chicago s water meter installation program is on an indefinite hold after new data showed an increased level of lead in some metered homes.

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. Water meter questions are answered and water meters requested. 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. More than 500 of them have been tested and 36 of those homes have lead levels deemed.

Since the program began in 2009 city officials said water meters have been installed in 179 000 residences. City testing found that lead levels rose in 22 percent. Of 510 homes tested since 2017 22 had elevated lead levels in tap water after a meter installation city official says. 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.

About 7 saw lead levels spike higher than 15 parts per billion three. Of the 510 homes that were tested before and after the installation of water meters roughly 36 or 7 1 of them showed levels of lead in excess of federal guidelines for drinking water after getting metered.