A companion piece to "Small Towns, Big Pipes," our series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Earlier articles followed the money underground. This one follows it to the empty house on the [...]
Another companion piece to "Small Towns, Big Pipes," our series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Every article until now has described the problem. This one is about the way out, because [...]
Another companion piece to "Small Towns, Big Pipes," our series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Earlier articles asked why small towns can't fund or staff their water systems. This one asks [...]
Another companion piece to "Small Towns, Big Pipes," our series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Earlier articles covered the pipes, the plants and the money. This one is about the people, [...]
Another companion piece to "Small Towns, Big Pipes," our series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Parts 4 and its health companion covered what happens when storm drainage fails. This article is [...]
Part 5 of "Small Towns, Big Pipes," the conclusion of our series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. If you've read this far in the series, you've probably had the same reaction [...]
Part 4 of "Small Towns, Big Pipes," a series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Drinking water has a water bill. Sewer service has a sewer bill. Storm drainage, the third system [...]
Part 3 of "Small Towns, Big Pipes," a series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Nobody thinks about water after it goes down the drain. That is the whole point of a [...]
Part 2 of "Small Towns, Big Pipes," a series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Turn on your kitchen faucet and clean water comes out. It feels automatic, like flipping a light [...]
Part 1 of "Small Towns, Big Pipes," a series on the infrastructure crisis facing small communities across Illinois. Every small town in Illinois runs on three systems almost nobody thinks about. One brings clean water [...]
