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Good news for clean water! This week, both the U.S. House and Senate are considering new funding for critical water infrastructure projects including $1B for the removal of lead service lines as well as a number of water access measures as part of the #COVID recovery.
We signed letters to Congress in support of these proposals in partnership with @LCVoters and @healthylakes and we encourage you to reach out to our Illinois Senators and your House Representative to let them know you support them as well.
Find them here: https://ilenviro.org/legislator-lookup/
Find them here: https://ilenviro.org/legislator-lookup/
Interested in learning more about federal #COVID priorities regarding water access? You’ll find lots of important ways to make sure we’re increasing clean water as we grapple with a challenging recovery: …https://1bgfed3gunqq3wtodz172r4o-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HOW_Water-infrastructure-stimulus_Senate_2020-04-09.pdf
Illinois is home to ⅛ of all the lead services lines in the nation. We will continue to work with our partners to push for $4.5 billion to tackle this problem over the next five years.
IEC's Iyana Simba recently wrote about this subject on our blog: https://ilenviro.org/life-without-running-water-during-covid-19/
IEC's Iyana Simba recently wrote about this subject on our blog: https://ilenviro.org/life-without-running-water-during-covid-19/
Access to clean, safe and affordable water is a basic human need, one that too many Illinoisans go without on a regular basis. Our work isn’t done until everyone, including low income communities, have consistent, #CleanWater in Illinois.
