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  • Date: Nov. 5, 1981
  • Source: Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 5, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1
  • Author: 0
  • Summary: Five Skokie water mains broke simultaneously on November 2 due to a control device in Evanston that malfunctioned. Residents in the affected area were told to boil drinking and cooking water for 24 hours.
  • Water supply