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Boil-Water Order Lifted In Most Of Fort Lauderdale And Other Cities

Taimy Alvarez
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South Florida Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale employees Travell Glove, left, and Demarius Washingtonhelp distribute water to residents at the Beach Community Center on Thursday.

Days after a critical water main break caused massive outages in Fort Lauderdale, most customers are back to normal.

Exceptions include Oakland Park and the neighborhoods of Fort Lauderdale around Harbour Beach.

About 5 p.m. Sunday, Fort Lauderdale partially lifted a boil-water order after two days of clear tests. The order was put in place Thursday after a Florida Power & Light subcontractor drilled a 6-inch hole into a water main near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.

Read more at the South Florida Sun Sentinel

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