Broward County

Boil water notice lifted for all of Fort Lauderdale and Oakland Park

A boil water notice was lifted Tuesday morning for additional Fort Lauderdale and Oakland Park neighborhoods affected last week by a water outage from a broken pipe. On Sunday, the notice was lifted for the city of Fort Lauderdale and several surrounding municipalities.

“Bacteriological surveys show that the water is safe to drink and for all other uses,” the city stated Tuesday morning.

The notice first went into effect Thursday after a patch repair to the 42-inch water main broken by FPL subcontractor Florida Communication Concepts Wednesday afternoon.

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This story was originally published July 23, 2019 at 10:55 AM.

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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