{"id":50070,"date":"2021-08-16T17:21:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=50070"},"modified":"2021-08-16T17:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:21:42","slug":"florida-governmental-utility-authority-issues-a-precautionary-boil-water-notification-for-lehigh-acres-system-customers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/08\/florida-governmental-utility-authority-issues-a-precautionary-boil-water-notification-for-lehigh-acres-system-customers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Governmental Utility Authority Issues a Precautionary Boil Water Notification for Lehigh Acres System Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/boil-water-notice.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26835\" width=\"289\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/boil-water-notice.png 842w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/boil-water-notice-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA) has issued a Precautionary Boil Water Notice Advisory resulting from a contractor performing a directional boar and damaging 6-inch water main at 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street E. and Joel Boulevard on\u00a0<strong>Monday (August 16<sup>th<\/sup>) at approximately 10:00 AM.<\/strong>\u00a0 The advisory will affect all customers residing along Joel Boulevard, North of East 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repair crews are on-site, and services are expected to be\u00a0<strong>restored by 3:00 PM<\/strong>.\u00a0 Samples of the water will be taken to a Florida Department of Health-certified laboratory and a notice of recession will be issued once samples show the water is safe to drink. A rescind of the notice is anticipated by\u00a0<strong>Wednesday, August 18<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FGUA provides a Boil Water Notice Advisory under Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) requirements in the event that water pressure drops below 20 pounds per square inch in the service area.&nbsp; In the meantime, the FGUA advises that all water used for drinking or cooked be boiled. A rolling boil for a period of one minute is sufficient to ensure the water is free of possible bacteria or viruses. Alternatively, bottled water may be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information or updates, FGUA customers may contact the&nbsp;<strong>FGUA Lehigh Acres Utility Systems Customer Service Office at (239) 368-1615, or visit the FGUA web site at&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fgua.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.fgua.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA) has issued a Precautionary Boil Water Notice Advisory resulting from a contractor performing a directional boar and damaging 6-inch water main at 6th\u00a0Street E.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[583],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50071,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070\/revisions\/50071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}