Chicago federal courthouse landlord to install secondary water disinfection system after complaints

Source ABC Local
Original Load Date Aug. 6, 2026, 11 p.m.
Last Updated Aug. 6, 2026, 11 p.m.
Original URL https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-federal-courthouse-landlord-agrees-install-secondary-water-disinfection-system-years-complaints-judiciary/19638369/

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Those who frequent the Dirksen federal building know not to drink the water because it repeatedly tests positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease. That is one of the reasons the judiciary says it wants to take over management of the federal courthouse ...