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Southwest Illinois village issues water boil order

The Village of Freeburg issued a boil order at 7:10 a.m. on Monday after a major water line break.

All water customers should either use bottled water or boil water for five minutes for any food preparation or consumption.

The boil order is in effect until further notice, and customers will be notified by the emergency call system with the boil order is lifted.

Megan Valley
Belleville News-Democrat
Megan Valley is the education reporter for the News-Democrat. She joined the BND in June 2020 as part of the Report for America corps and covers issues involving schools, teachers and students in the metro-east.
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