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Chicago water meter program.
Metersave is a program in chicago allowing customers with assessed water accounts to have a water meter installed in there single family homes or two flats.
Looking to resume a program that conserves water drawn from lake michigan mayor lori lightfoot s administration is enlisting chicagoans to help determine if a new type of meter can be installed.
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Chicago water meter program halted after testing reveals lead contamination by benjamin mateus 10 july 2019 chicago s mayor lori lightfoot has halted work on the installation of new water meters.
Lightfoot suspends chicago water meter program linked to high lead levels by jessica d onofrio and craig wall tuesday july 9 2019 chicago wls chicago mayor lori lightfoot has suspended a.
Customers will only be charged for the water used and the total annual water bills are guaranteed not to be any higher that the normal assessed rate for seven years.
Customers will only be charged for the water used and the total annual water bills are guaranteed not to be any higher that the normal assessed rate for seven years.
There are multiple in person payment options including city hall neighborhood locations and automated ez pay stations.
Explore the links below to learn more about water in chicago and how you can help protect and conserve it.
Your plumber will coordinated getting a water meter with the meter shop of the department of water management the meter shop will provide a meter registry card to your plumber once the meter has been installed your plumber will return the meter registry card to the meter shop.
Of the 510 homes that were tested before and after the installation of water meters roughly 36 or 7 1 of them showed levels of lead in excess of federal guidelines for drinking water after getting metered.
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Chicago s water meter installation program is on an indefinite hold after new data showed an increased level of lead in some metered homes.
Metersave is a program in chicago allowing customers with assessed water accounts to have a water meter installed in there single family homes or two flats.
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