Water meter installed by the city of chicago.
City of chicago free water filter pitcher.
The city of chicago department of water management dwm will send you a kit that consists of three bottles a mailing box and instructions.
Registration information will be mailed in the.
To supply and deliver zerowater pitchers and filters to.
The contract calls for safeware inc.
Register for a free filter set a water pitcher and six cartridges nsf certified to remove lead being offered to metered customers by the city.
This is the biggest study of its kind ever conducted.
Experts say local drinking water from lake michigan is considered safe.
A consumer uses a pitcher type water filter tuesday at home in chicago.
Continuing chicago s proactive approach on the issue of lead the chicago department of water management dwm announced that it is commissioning a report to determine the feasibility and framework of what would be a multi billion dollar program to potentially replace lead service lines the pipes that connect water mains to single family and two flat homes across the city.
Randy conner the city s water commissioner and julie morita the health commissioner said all 165 000 chicago homes with water meters are eligible for city provided water filters.
However they see why some consumers are using.
If you re concerned about the lead levels in your water chicago residents can test their water for free.
Mayor lori lightfoot s administration has awarded a 16 2 million contract to a maryland company to provide free water filtration systems to owners of chicago homes with water meters after even.
The department of water management is responsible for delivering nearly 1 billion gallons of fresh pure water to the residents of chicago and 125 suburban communities.
2m city contract will provide free lead.
To have a complete understanding of what it takes to protect water quality the city of chicago commissioned chicago s water quality study in 2016 to investigate the possible impact on drinking water of installing water mains or water meters.