Hanging out on Hollywood beach? You might have to boil your water

A Hollywood neighborhood is under a boil water advisory after a water main valve broke.

The city announced the precautionary advisory late Monday night as crews worked to repair the broken valve at Scott Street and A1A on Hollywood beach.

Those affected by the advisory live on the west side of AIA between New Mexico and Harding streets.

“With the repair completed, water testing is underway and those impacted will be advised when the precautionary boil water advisory has been lifted,” the city said in an emergency alert.

Residents in the affected area should boil the water for at least a minute, let it cool and then store it in a clean, disinfected container.

This story was originally published August 6, 2019 at 9:55 AM.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription