Residents of Killian still without clean water; town hall providing cases of bottle water [Video]

KILLIAN – It’s been several days since the water failure at Killian occurred and residents are still just now finding out days later.

Alderwomen Kimberly Gill says the board and mayor have known about these problems for years. They deal with underground pipes bursting and having to be repaired. A boil advisory is issues on a monthly basis, but no permanent resolution has been discovered.

Since this has been an issue for years, Gill’s main concern is the lack of preparedness for situations such as these. She says the topic has been brought up in meetings numerous times, but always get put on the back burner.

There is no clean water in village, so town hall has been distributing cases of water to families. A notice was sent out saying residents would receive 2 cases of water per person, but when Gill arrived to pick up water for families with …