Water main break interrupts service for Carterville customers

FOX23 News at 9 p.m

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (KBSI) — A boil water order issued for all Carterville water customers has been lifted.

The City of Carterville announced the order was lifted at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11.

The order was issued Monday after a large water main break caused a service interruption for customers across the city.

Water service has since been restored, and customers are no longer required to boil their water before use.

A large water main break caused a temporary interruption in water service for all Carterville water customers Monday morning.

City officials said the outage began around 6 a.m. and was expected to last about three hours while crews worked to repair the damaged water main.

Once water service is restored, all customers will be under a boil water order until further notice.

City officials said additional information will be provided as repairs are completed.