Advocate says Chicago’s next mayor needs to address lead pipes, flooding and other water issues
The fresh water of Lake Michigan is a great natural resource, and advocates say protecting it starts on day 1 for Chicago’s next mayor.
Hundreds of thousands of lead pipes need to be replaced. Homes are flooding due to climate change. Water bills are too high for some residents to afford. And parts of Chicago’s shoreline are falling into the lake. Those are a few of the water issues Chicago’s next mayor will need to address according to a new op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Reset speaks with the advocate who wrote the piece.
GUEST: Joel Brammeier, president and CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes
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Advocate says Chicago’s next mayor needs to address lead pipes, flooding and other water issues
The fresh water of Lake Michigan is a great natural resource, and advocates say protecting it starts on day 1 for Chicago’s next mayor.
Hundreds of thousands of lead pipes need to be replaced. Homes are flooding due to climate change. Water bills are too high for some residents to afford. And parts of Chicago’s shoreline are falling into the lake. Those are a few of the water issues Chicago’s next mayor will need to address according to a new op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Reset speaks with the advocate who wrote the piece.
GUEST: Joel Brammeier, president and CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes