Illinois

As Newark Deals With Water Crisis, Another Look at Lead Levels in Chicago

Elevated lead levels in Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, have made national news, causing growing concern over water safety…

5 years ago

Upper Mississippi is ‘endangered,’ group says | qctimes.com

Photo: The nonprofit environmental group American Rivers has named the Upper Mississippi River to its 2019 list of top 10…

6 years ago

Illinois Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Grades Reported by American Society of Civil Engineers

Billions in Infrastructure Investment Needed for Public Health BELLEVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 27, 2019--The Illinois Section of American Society of Civil…

6 years ago

Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer Taints Tap Water for Millions in Corn Belt

Seasonal spikes of atrazine–a weed killer that can disrupt hormones and harm developing fetuses–contaminate drinking water in corn-growing areas of…

6 years ago

New Tests Reveal 15 out of 15 of Indiana’s Coal Ash Ponds Are Leaking

Photo: Barbara Deardorff draws water from her tap in Wheatfield, Indiana. Dangerous chemicals from a nearby coal ash pond have…

6 years ago