ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - In a packed room, elected officials and local residents crowded into the Village Hall of Bethalto to discuss the current state of the water and what might be improving in the future.

The Village’s Public Works Director, Rod Cheatham, spoke about how the village continues to upgrade their infrastructure, work alongside Illinois Environmental Protection Agency tests and thanked the locals who voiced concern over the water for the help they’ve provided in potentially getting state and federal money to improve the local water infrastructure.

However, locals pointed out what they claim are continual problems with communication with the Village. One resident asked Cheatham how many water customers lived outside the Village. Cheatham said half -- to which the re

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