A 16-inch water main break located near the neighborhood of Legacy Gateway has prompted a boil water notice for this area.
At this time no other communities have been affected.
As a precautionary measure, the city advises boiling of water consumed for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes; a rolling boil of one minute is sufficient or, as an alternative, bottled water may be used.
The city will continue to test the water and will notify the community as soon as the notice is rescinded.
As a best practice, the water is tested for a minimum of 48 hours following the declaration of the precautionary boil water notice. At that point, the results are provided to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, which will then determine whether the precautionary boil water notice may be rescinded, or additional testing is required.
Another boil water alert, issued Monday, Oct. 9, was rescinded Friday.
That alert was issued to facilitate the water main installation in that area. A sanitary sewer was been extended out of the intersection and the water main cut in on October 9.
The following properties were impacted:
- 2051-2970 Rockfill Road,
- 4040-4070 Mayflower Road,
- 2506 Precast Court,
- 4130-4131 Wasau Road,
- 4024 Dr Maryin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
- 4020-4262 Edison Ave.
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