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    Place of worship allegedly stealing water by siphoning it from city fire hydrant

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Speaking of the lawn green during a drought you really have to pour on the water here it's a -- what Catholic Church in elementary school in Norwood park they're doing just -- six sprinklers going at once on a recent summer -- there's a problem.

Church appears to be breaking -- -- Thou shall not -- Implication here that they were trying to.

Take water from.

And paid for 41 ward -- Mary O'Connor got the same call -- from a curious neighbor asking why -- church was siphoning water from a city fire -- over several evenings last week someone attached to rather he ingeniously -- -- to the -- feeding water into -- garden -- snaked across the school's athletic fields only device even bears the church's name.

Everything they were very -- and the upper and it's created -- good -- again and it and it'll change it until this year churches and nonprofits did not have to pay for water in Chicago.

The mayor Emanuel said the city could no longer afford to give it away.

-- -- change.

The way we nonprofits.

And charitable.

Don't pay for water today.

That's gonna change I was clear about that -- campaign this city now requires those institutions to pay for water and a 60% discount.

Census count will drop to just 20% in 2015.

-- -- in a financial crisis right now and we.

In position to -- on higher fees and as to who -- the -- it's a mystery.

The parish office manager set off camera she told church employees not to water at all in order to save money.

But she admits there are plenty of city workers in the parish that might have the know how.

So if -- tech was once water there are only two options now -- or break.

Yes it's intact analysts as pinnacles in this holy water -- they would get a successful enough infinite.

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