Sewage Problem Leaves Rock Falls Without Water

Northern Public Radio | By Jenna Dooley

Published February 14, 2014 at 5:46 AM CST

UPDATE: The 12th avenue Pump Station is fully functional and the water service will be restored at 8:30 a.m. today. A boil order will remain in effect until Sunday morning.

The City of Rock Falls suffered a failure of the sanitary sewer Thursday afternoon and had to shut off the water supply to the entire city.

City officials request residents do not flush their toilet or put any liquids down the sewer system until water service is restored.

Portable Restrooms are at the following locations:

Rock Falls High School

Rock Falls Middle School

Thome School

Community Building/City Hall Complex

Jenna Dooley

Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" from the Illinois Associated Press and recipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.

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