Village of Bellwood issues boil order after water main break
A boil order has been issued for the entire town of Bellwood after a water main break, the village announced Saturday.
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A boil order has been issued for the entire town of Bellwood after a water main break, the village announced Saturday.
The main issue for the five mayors is money and not having enough of it to fix these water main breaks.
Imagine preparing your Thanksgiving feast without good water service – or with no running water at all.
Public works crews in Robbins started their holiday off going door-to-door and dropping cases of water. CBS 2's Asal Rezaei reports.
At least 100 homes are impacted by the water woes in the south suburb. CBS 2's Asal Rezaei reports.
Imagine preparing your Thanksgiving feast without good water service – or with no running water at all. As CBS 2's Asal Rezaei reports, that is exactly what is happening in south suburban Robbins.
A source tells CBS 2 that all the mains have been fixed and water is flowing normally in the affected areas.
Several recent breaks in the century-old mains have resulted in boil orders and even the closure of local schools.
Dixmoor Mayor Fitzgerald Roberts told CBS 2 it will cost an estimated $39 million to fix the system.
The village estimated that a permanent fix to its perpetual water main breaks will cost tens of millions of dollars.
Repairs continue in south suburban Dixmoor, but water mains throughout the village just keep on breaking down.
The village is asking Governor JB Pritzker and the federal government for millions of dollars to help fix its crumbling water infrastructure.
Dixmoor said the repairs won't be completed until Tuesday or Wednesday "at the latest."
Wednesday marked the fifth consecutive night of work to repair broken water mains in Dixmoor.
The schools were affected by water main breaks in the south suburb.
There have been seven total water main breaks in Dixmoor in the past four days. A boil order is in effect, and two schools have been closed. Village President Fitzgerald Roberts joins CBS 2 Streaming Anchor Brad Edwards with an update on what’s happening.
