Video: Report: Blacks & Low-Income Residents Pay More For Water In Chicago

Chicago’s predominately black communities are paying more for water pumped from Lake Michigan compared to white communities.

A report from the Chicago Tribune compared median water bills between the communities. Researchers found black communities paid 20 percent more than white communities for the same amount of water. Of the ten towns with the highest water rates, half of them were majority Black.

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