Tens of thousands of residents in Fort Lauderdale and surrounding cities were warned early Thursday to brace for a prolonged water outage, after a private contractor hit a water main during construction.
City officials said customers could be without water — and thus, without working toilets — for the next 24 to 36 hours. Early Thursday, water was still flowing from city reserves. But taps could run dry within hours, reports the Sun Sentinel.
The outage will impact Fort Lauderdale — hospitals, hotels, courthouses, the jail, high-rises, restaurants, employees and homeowners — as well as customers in other cities.
