Water

The city of Fort Myers lifted a boil water advisory on Friday afternoon.

Lee County Utilities has now rescinded its precautionary Boil Water Notice for all of its service area.

Dolphins Tanner Connor and John Lovett arrived with their team earlier in the day ready to help and their teammate and North Fort Myers alumnus, ZaQuandre White, was on scene meeting with families and taking pictures with fans.

Lee County Utilities has rescinded a precautionary Boil Water Notice for 99% of the Lee County Utilities service area; less than 1% remains on a boil water notice.

A swim advisory is in effect is Lee and Collier counties

A waterline break prompted Fort Myers to issue the alert for a section of the city around The Forum and Treeline Avenue near I-75.

Lee County Utilities issues precautionary boil water notice for select communities off Winkler Road in South Fort Myers

A precautionary boil water notice was issued Sunday for an area of Fort Myers near I-75 and will remain in effect until a bacteriological survey shows that the water is safe to drink. A line break that prompted the alert was repaired by Sunday afternoon.

With a continuing influx of residents, more traffic, more business, more pollution — more everything — will we eventually run out of water? Water allocation in the state is complicated by the competing needs of residents, agriculture, government, businesses, the environment, and the community as a whole. Conservation measures are key.

In a region known for its natural water, some families that rely on private wells are living out of bottles and jugs, filtered pitchers and faucets.