Lawmakers, Clean Water Advocates Celebrating Signing Of Lead Line Replacement

Lawmakers and clean water advocates are celebrating after Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation initiating the replacement of lead service lines. The Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act signed yesterday will require water utilities to replace all such lines in Illinois. The process is expected to create eleven-thousand jobs. Representatives from the Illinois Environmental Council and United Associations Plumbers Local 130 praised the signing of the bill yesterday afternoon.