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KZNA-FM 90.5 serving northwest Kansas is operating at just 10% power using a back up transmitter while work continues to install a new transmitter. It is hoped that this work will completed on Thursday with KZNA back to its full 100,000 watts of power with a state of the art transmitter to serve the area for many years to come.
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Flint's Water Crisis Spurs Other Cities To Remove Lead Pipes

WBEZ Chicago | By Monica Eng

Published December 23, 2019 at 6:24 AM CST

Some cash-strapped Midwest cities are removing aging lead water pipes. Chicago, which has the largest inventory of lead pipes, hasn't tackled the problem. What can it learn from the cities that have?

This story was supported in part by the Solutions Journalism Network. It is a part of the H2OFail project, an international collaboration of journalists from more than 25 countries covering water issues.

Monica Eng

Monica reports and produces segments on food, health and ethnic culture in Chicago and beyond.

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