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NEW: Water & Health in Little Village Study
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) have partnered together to explore the cumulative burden of COVID-19, lack of access to drinking water, and urban flooding, in the Little Village neighborhood, an environmental justice community. LVEJO and CNT are collaborating on a study to better understand the impacts of drinking […]
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Chicagoland Latinx Communities Face Barriers to Water Access
by Brenda Santoyo, LVEJO and Jeremy Orr, NRDC [Original post on NRDC blog here.] Access to clean, safe, affordable water is a human right. And this pandemic has shown us that this human right can be the difference between life and death—especially for already overburdened communities. An inability to keep up with the rising costs of water over […]
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Lead, rising water bills are twin disasters for Chicago’s low-income families
The city should continue its moratorium on shut-offs and work with communities so water access doesn’t become a destructive debt. JULIANA PINO | September 26, 2019 01:55 PM [Original post on Crain’s Chicago Business website here.] Access to clean, affordable water is essential for life—and a human right. Despite this, thousands of households across Chicago […]
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