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CRESTWOOD, Ill. — Federal agents have raided city offices in the Chicago suburb of Crestwood, which has been accused of knowingly drawing drinking water from a contaminated well for more than two decades.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said agents entered the Crestwood village offices Wednesday. EPA spokeswoman Anne Rowan said they had search warrants related to the tainted-water allegations.
The Chicago Tribune recently reported that Crestwood officials covered up the presence of chemicals in the water. It said state officials in the 1980s found the well contained chemicals linked to cancer.
Crestwood officials have said the city’s drinking water has always been safe.
