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Pay-what-you-can  Tricklebee Cafe (4424 W. North Ave.) has teamed up with the  Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) Milwaukee  on the Clean Water Program, an initiative distributing free, filtered water to neighbors living in homes connected to lead lines. The program takes place on the second Saturday of every month, with the next one Saturday, October 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lead pipes in plumbing were outlawed nationally in 1986. Although the  City of Milwaukee  has removed thousands of lead laterals in recent decades, an estimated 65,000 homes remain connected to city water lines containing lead. This is especially prevalent on the city’s North and South Sides, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown working-class neighborhoods. Lead exposure can cau

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