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Only 280 Chicago homeowners have had a lead service line replaced under city programs the past two years out of an estimated 390,000 lead lines, the most in any city in the United States.
A new state law kicks off Jan. 1 requiring lead service lines be replaced with non-lead lines when a meter is installed. That increases the cost of the meter installation, so the city is rushing to install as many meters as possible by year’s end.