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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


In Focus: Loopholes in federal lead law left 5th Ward in the dark about what is in its water

In Focus: Loopholes in federal lead law left 5th Ward in the dark about what is in its water

December 22, 2020

Second Ward resident Regina Sant’Anna has helped her elderly neighbor carry hundreds of boxes of bottled water from her car to her home. Living on the border of the historically Black 5th Ward, Sant’Anna...

Lead On: A federal rule full of holes

Lead On: A federal rule full of holes

December 22, 2020

For about three decades, Evanston has collected nearly 440 water samples for lead testing. 60% came from the historically White and wealthy 6th and 7th wards. Only 1.8% came from the historically Black...

Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan is Evanston’s water source.

Though group identifies contaminants in Evanston’s drinking water, city says water is safe

November 5, 2019

A nonprofit’s report on contaminants in tap water said Evanston’s supply contains nine substances at levels that exceed its standards, but the city says this is not a cause for concern. The Environmental...

Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, feeds himself inside an enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki, Kenya, on April 18, 2015. Illinois joins multiple other states in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act.

Illinois activists, lawmakers react to Trump administration changes to Endangered Species Act

October 28, 2019

In August, the Trump administration announced that it would make some of the largest changes to the Endangered Species Act in the law’s 46-year-history. Originally, the law prioritized protected species...

Lake Michigan. Evanston receives its drinking water from Lake Michigan, which the report said has vastly improved in water quality over the past 25 years.

Evanston reports safe drinking water in 2018

May 15, 2019

Evanston reported clean drinking water in 2018, according to its Water Utility Report. The report — which tracked substances detected in Evanston’s drinking water in 2018 — stated the city’s...

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