A pending federal civil rights complaint highlights the potentially discriminatory nature of utilities requiring customers to share in the cost of replacing privately owned lead service lines.
A major concern voiced by environmental advocates is how part of the cost will fall on homeowners because the EPA did not ban utilities from charging residents for the remediation.
Lead pipes have been banned since the 1980s, but millions of residents in Illinois and across the Midwest remain exposed to lead from water lines — and the prospects for
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