For 35 Years, This Black Town in Illinois Has Been Told Its Sewage Crisis Isn’t Real

For 35 Years, This Black Town in Illinois Has Been Told Its Sewage Crisis Isn’t Real

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Illinois — For most people, a glass of water and a rainy day are harmless, even comforting. For Earlie Fuse, they are a haunting reminder. When the forecast calls for storms in southern Illinois, he knows to brace for the possibility that his block will turn into a lake again, cutting him off from the road and swallowing the basement he has rebuilt over and over. The first time the water came for his house in 1993, he remembers …

Residents find E. coli in drinking water of Illinois city that floods with sewage

Read the full story from St. Louis Public Radio. Cahokia Heights residents have found E. coli in their drinking water through community-organized testing of samples from kitchen taps. The results raise new questions about infrastructure in a community plagued by sewage spills and flooding. The findings contradict test results from the city’s two water providers … Continue reading Residents find E. coli in drinking water of Illinois city that flo…