Large portions of Dixmoor were again without water Tuesday, including some 1,000 residents of a mobile home park, as multiple water main breaks cascaded through an already-taxed water supply system.
Teatroy Webster helps distribute bottled water at the Dixmoor Village Hall in October, 2021., when the water supply in Dixmoor was disrupted for several days. Water service in Dixmoor has been disrupted again after a string of water main breaks that started over the weekend and continued Tuesday, shutting down two schools and leaving over 1,000 residents without water.
West Harvey-Dixmoor School District 147 had to cancel classes Monday and Tuesday at Martin Luther King Elementary and Rosa Parks Middle School because of water supply disruptions. The district’s Lincoln Elementary School was not affected and remained open. It’s likely that following a boil order, the water system’s cleanliness will need to be tested before Dixmoor officials can give the all-clear signal.The village has been beset by water supply problems, which officials attribute to old infrastructure that is in need of a major overhaul.
In April, village and other officials announced a $2 million project, funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which will result in a new water line that will replace an aging line and help improve water flow to homes. The corps will oversee the project, with construction getting started by spring of next year.
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