O ver 10 years after a water crisis began in Flint, Michigan, the city has hit a milestone. Its lead pipe remediation efforts ...

After years of struggle, the city is closing in on replacing remaining lead lines — offering lessons for other communities ...

The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water ...

Officials said fallout from the crisis led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October 2024 to make changes to the ...

Illinois’ share of clean water grants to states would dip to $11 million next year, compared with $105.5 million this year.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the water crisis exposed nearly 100,000 residents of Flint to ...

More than a decade after toxic water poured from the taps and government trust went down the drain in Flint, Michigan, ...

A construction crew completing a lead service line replacement at a home in Chicago in June 2023. The city has completed ...

Cincinnati's water utility reached a significant milestone in a years-long effort to replace lead service lines.

Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the ...

The federal funding will allow the city to oversee the process, and pipe replacement will be free for customers.

At its current pace, the city’s project to replace lead water lines in Chicago’s Southside neighborhoods could take two centuries. Researchers at Northwestern University and community activists are ...