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Sun-Times file photo Chicago police are alerting residents to a string of home burglaries by a pair posing as city employees. The men have targeted elderly homeowners a half-dozen times over the past month, police said in a community alert. One of them distracts the homeowner while pretending to be a Chicago Water Department worker or a tree cutter, while the other enters the home and steals jewelry and money. The burglaries happened: About 7:45 p.m. May 21 in the 6500 block of North Springfield; About 8 p.m. May 21 in the 1600 block of West 32nd; About 8:40 p.m. May 21 in the 2100 block of South Tan; ....
Heather Cherone | May 25, 2021 11:08 am Some Chicagoans were under a boil order for 20 hours ending Friday, May 7. (Holger Schue / Pixabay) Residents of Beverly, Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood do not have to boil their water after an outage Tuesday morning cut power to the Roseland Pumping Station twice within an hour, officials said. Thanks to our sponsors: The Roseland Pumping Station experienced “two power issues that affected the pumping pressure for drinking water” between 9:15 a.m. and 10:10 a.m., according to the Department of Water Management. A boil order was not necessary on Tuesday “because of the temporary nature of the issue,” according to Chicago water officials. ....
Upon pinpointing the location, crews discovered a fist-sized hole in the pipe. DuPage Water Commission (DWC) in Northern Illinois purchases water from the Chicago Water Department and delivers it to 29 municipalities within DuPage County. As the second largest water supply system in the state of Illinois, DWC serves more than 900,000 residents. With close to 200 miles of water mains, DWC has experience managing leaks and pipe bursts that can occur around the clock. Recently, a leak occurred underneath a major highway overpass. To complicate matters, water was appearing on both sides of the road in multiple locations. The pipe was under 6 inches of asphalt and 12 inches of concrete, so DWC was keen to quickly and accurately pinpoint the leak, isolate that section, reduce excavation limits, and minimize site disturbance. ....
CHICAGO (WLS) A beloved Chicago Water department employee who died after a battle with COVID-19 was honored Monday. The Chicago Water department truck Jim Estrada drove lead the procession past his house in the Portage Park neighborhood. Outside, neighbors held signs. The Estrada family gathered in front of their home including Rose, Jim Estrada s wife of 33 years. It s beautiful to see, said Eric Estrada, Jim s son. The virus that took Estrada s life prevented his friends and family from having a normal visitation, so they organized this drive-by procession instead. It was filled with many of his fellow water department employees, essential workers who put themselves at risk going to work every day during the pandemic. ....