UPDATED: Dixmoor Water Main Break Fixed

Silence DoGood August 29, 2022

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Dixmoor Water Main Break Fixed (Dixmoor, IL) –– The water main break that forced school closures today has been fixed, according to Dixmoor Village President Fitzgerald Roberts.

The break this morning occurred at 2011 W. 147^th Street and forced the closure of two of Dixmoor’s three schools.

“The break has been fixed and originally we thought schools would reopen tomorrow morning, but we have been informed by the IEPA that tests need to be performed and so the two schools that were closed today will be closed tomorrow,” Roberts said. “There also is a boil water order only in the affected areas of the break.”

A previous version of this notice stated that the schools would reopen.

Dixmoor Water Main Break Fixed

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