DUCKWORTH: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL CAN HELP CAHOKIA HEIGHTS FIX DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER PROBLEMS

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U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with Cahokia Heights residents from Centreville Citizens for Change, Cahokia Heights Mayor Curtis McCall, Sr., and Illinois American Water's President Justin Ladner to outline how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal can help fix the continued storm water flooding and sanitary sewage issues for Cahokia Heights residents that years of neglect have led to. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, which President Biden signed into law earlier this week, includes Duckworth's entire Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, which will help rebuild our nation's crumbling and dangerous water infrastructure. Photos from today's meeting are available here.

"I worked hard to ensure my Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure bill was included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal because places like Cahokia Heights desperately need support to fix their faulty, dangerous and aging water infrastructure that's been neglected for decades," Duckworth said. "I'll keep working with EPA and IEPA and make sure we make these necessary improvements, and to finally bring environmental justice to communities like Cahokia Heights that have been ignored for far too long."

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