A short, sourced roundup of drinking water news that affects Franklin Park homeowners. Each item links to the original report so you can read it in full. Franklin Park buys Lake Michigan water treated by the City of Chicago, so Chicago and national rules matter here too.
EPA proposes changes to the PFAS drinking water rule
One proposal keeps the PFOA and PFOS limits with an option for water systems to request until 2031 to comply; another would rescind limits for four other PFAS.
Franklin Park files its 2026 lead line replacement plan
The plan counts 2,590 lines to replace, reports 139 replaced since 2020, and schedules about 155 a year starting in 2028, finishing by April 2044.
Source: Village of Franklin Park — Village of Franklin Park Lead Service Line Replacement Plan
Schiller Park's lead line program reaches its final stage
The Village's program has been replacing lead service lines at no cost to homeowners and asks remaining residents to submit consent forms.
Source: Get the Lead Out IL (Village program page) — Schiller Park lead service line replacement program
Reporters map Chicago's lead service lines
Inside Climate News, Grist, and WBEZ mapped city data showing an estimated 412,000 of about 491,000 Chicago service lines are at least partly lead or affected by it. The map covers Chicago addresses, not the suburbs.
Source: Inside Climate News, Grist and WBEZ — Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It
EPA says it will keep PFOA and PFOS limits
EPA announced it would keep the limits for the two most-studied PFAS and reconsider the others.
Statewide: 1.38 million Illinois service lines need replacement
The Illinois Municipal League's 2025 survey, using Illinois EPA's 2024 inventory data, counted 1,384,236 lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement, and unknown lines statewide and estimated replacement at more than $20.9 billion.
Source: Illinois Municipal League — 2025 IML Lead Service Line Survey
EPA partners with Franklin Park to find lead pipes
Through EPA's Get the Lead Out Initiative, EPA contractors joined Village staff for a door-to-door effort to identify lead service lines.
EPA finalizes the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Most water systems must replace lead service lines within 10 years, and the lead action level drops to 10 ppb. A water utility trade group has challenged the rule in court; EPA is defending it.
EPA sets the first national PFAS drinking water limits
The rule set 4 parts per trillion limits for PFOA and PFOS and requires systems to report PFAS levels to the public starting in 2027.
Study estimates lead exposure from tap water among Chicago children
A JAMA Pediatrics study using nearly 40,000 household tests from 2016–2023 estimated 68% of Chicago children under 6 live in homes where tap water had detectable lead. The study covers Chicago, not the suburbs.
Source: JAMA Pediatrics — Estimated Childhood Lead Exposure From Drinking Water in Chicago
Sources
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation — U.S. EPA
- Village of Franklin Park Lead Service Line Replacement Plan — Village of Franklin Park, April 15, 2026
- Schiller Park lead service line replacement program — Get the Lead Out IL (Village program page)
- Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It — Inside Climate News, Grist and WBEZ, August 28, 2025
- 2025 IML Lead Service Line Survey — Illinois Municipal League
- EPA Announces Partnership with Village of Franklin Park, Illinois, to Accelerate Replacement of Lead Water Pipes — U.S. EPA, November 4, 2024
- Lead and Copper Rule Improvements — U.S. EPA, October 8, 2024
- Estimated Childhood Lead Exposure From Drinking Water in Chicago — JAMA Pediatrics, March 18, 2024
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