Lead Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/lead/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 15:37:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.2 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Lead Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/lead/ 32 32 114651131 Get the Lead Out: Funding Available to Identify and Replace Lead Water Lines  https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2024/04/get-the-lead-out-lead-service-lines-impacting-the-water-in-illinois-communities/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 15:22:58 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=46119 April 04, 2024 | Blog Post
Thanks to new state and federal programs and funding, communities have support to inventory and replace their lead service lines....

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]]> 46119 ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS & DAYCARES MUST TEST WATER FOR LEAD https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2017/01/illinois-elementary-schools-daycares-must-test-water-lead/ Fri, 13 Jan 2017 18:36:30 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=28163 Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Initiated by Environmental Groups When the drinking water crisis and scandal in Flint, Michigan was exposed last winter, environmental groups in Illinois decided we needed to take action to discover potential lead water contamination problems at home.  To that end, we banded together and started drafting a bill. In hindsight, the […]

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