LAKEVIEW – Twenty-nine trees could be removed in West Lakeview so the city can replace century-old water mains, but neighbors called on the city’s water department to explore all other alternatives before removing any trees. The trees are mostly along Paulina Street between Belmont and Lincoln avenues, with 19 trees along the route flagged for… >> Read More
The Biden administration unveiled plans Thursday to replace all lead water pipelines over the next decade. Why it matters: The White House estimated that up to 10 million households connect to water through lead pipes and service lines and 400,000 schools and child care centers are at risk of exposure to lead in their water…. >> Read More
Every U.S. state has its own romanticized identity. New York is the high-energy center of high culture. Wisconsin is the land of beer and cheese. Texas is full of things that are bigger than the things in other places. But no state in the country has been more romanticized, in more ways, than California. Endless… >> Read More
Water agencies in drought-stricken California that serve 27 million residents and 750,000 acres of farmland won’t get any of the water they have requested from the state heading into 2022 other than what’s needed for critical health and safety, state officials announced on Wednesday. It’s the earliest date the department of water resources has issued… >> Read More
Residents on a leafy stretch of Paulina Avenue on the North Side want their street to remain that way: leafy. The city has slated a number of trees for removal — exactly how many is unclear — in order to replace water mains that are more than a century old. The work is scheduled to… >> Read More