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Dixmoor water main break repaired, pressure returning

By FOX 32 DIGITAL TEAM
Published  March 6, 2022 12:14pm CST
Dixmoor
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - Water pressure is returning to suburban Dixmoor after a leak caused it to be shut off for hours Sunday, according to the village. 

A water leak on Spaulding Street resulted in low water pressure in most of Dixmoor, according to Village President Fitzgerald Roberts.

Roberts said the village initially had to shut off water to the town, but the leak was repaired Sunday evening and water pressure is building back up.

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"We are asking residents to boil water for the next 24 hours as pressure builds in our water system," Roberts said in a statement. "I appreciate the patience of residents as we worked to get this situation resolved and I thank our public works department for their hard work in fixing the water break so that we could return water pressure to the Village." 

Water crisis persists in south suburban Dixmoor

A boil water order is still in effect and the city says water pressure has dropped to near zero.

In October, the village went days with 'virtually no water pressure' after a pipe burst. 

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.