Highland Park Residents: Text WDET With Your Concerns About Water Quality
101.9 WDET is partnering with Outlier Media on a reporting project to help Highland Park residents identify gaps in the city’s response to lead detection in tap water.
101.9 WDET is partnering with Outlier Media to introduce a texting service for Highland Park residents to identify gaps in knowledge regarding the city’s detection of lead in tap water.
Earlier this summer, Highland Park city officials announced that nine out of 36 homes tested had high levels of lead. Last month, that number rose to 18 homes out 350 results returned. Highland Park city officials have cautioned against panic, but the alert surfaced persistent concerns from residents about water quality and the lack of communication from the agency that runs Highland Park’s water supply.
FAQ: How to get your water tested and understand the results
Now, WDET and Outlier Media have launched a texting service that residents can use to report on the city’s response to water quality concerns. This service will help residents and our reporters understand how far the city has gone to address the situation. To participate, residents can text the word “water” to “73224”.
Text “water” to 73224 to activate WDET’s texting service for Highland Park residents concerned about water quality.
Privacy Policy
Outlier Media is a startup civic news organization that uses texting to communicate with city residents on housing and land-use records. This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for Outlier Media that 101.9 WDET will follow for this initiative.
SMS information system: You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. Text STOP to 73224. Standard messaging rates apply.
Your information: 101.9 WDET is the sole owners of the information collected on this site and through our text service. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. With your permission, we may follow up with you to share valuable journalism with you, or to include your story in further stories written about regional water issues.
Security: We take precautions to protect your information. If you were ever to submit sensitive information to 101.9 WDET, your information is protected both online and offline.
Updates: Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time, and all updates will be posted on this article. If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately at digitaleditor@wdet.org.
Shortcode information: All Outlier services are originated from shortcode 73224.
