Lead in the Water Doesn’t Care About Your Property Value — Even Wisconsin’s Elite Are at Risk

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MILWAUKEE — On a block lined with $900,000 homes in Shorewood, a young family pours filtered water into their baby’s bottle. Just down the street, another homeowner in Whitefish Bay flushes their faucet for two minutes before making coffee. Both neighborhoods rank among Wisconsin’s most affluent, yet according to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, Shorewood once estimated that nearly 80% of its homes were still served by lead laterals.

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