Crest Hill, Illinois residents say cloudy and discolored water is an ongoing issue
CREST HILL, Ill. -- Murky, discolored water is coming out of faucets and spigots in homes in Crest Hill , and neighbors say it is a persistent problem.Residents of the southwest suburb took their concerns to city leaders Wednesday. Crest Hill resident Meg Kurowski has a line of containers around her kitchen— gallon jugs and empty boxed wine bags that she fills up at a friend's home each week—because she doesn't trust the water that comes out of her own tap.
None of them would go on camera, but they said the cloudy water is likely the result of recent hydrant flushing.Kurowski was not reassured.'What's it been the rest of the year then?' she said. 'What's their excuse for the rest of the year?'CBS News Chicago tool the City of Crest Hill's most recent water report, from last year, to Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards.
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