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Fort Lauderdale Mayor Declares Local Emergency Over Water Outage
Source: CBS Miami/WFOR-TV
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Declares Local Emergency Over Water Outage
July 18, 2019 at 12:10 pm
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis has declared a local state of emergency after a water main break that affects the thousands of people and businesses that get their water from the city.
The water outage comes after a sub-contractor damaged a 42-inch water main near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
The main supplies water from the city’s wellfields into the Fiveash water treatment plant. In order to repair the line, the water supply from the wellfields has been shut off. This means that no water is currently feeding the Fiveash water plant.
The city is using its reserves, but the taps are expected to run dry later today.
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July 18, 2019 at 12:10 pm
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis has declared a local state of emergency after a water main break that affects the thousands of people and businesses that get their water from the city.
The water outage comes after a sub-contractor damaged a 42-inch water main near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
The main supplies water from the city’s wellfields into the Fiveash water treatment plant. In order to repair the line, the water supply from the wellfields has been shut off. This means that no water is currently feeding the Fiveash water plant.
The city is using its reserves, but the taps are expected to run dry later today.
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Read more: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2019/07/18/fort-lauderdale-to-be-without-water-for-24-hours-due-to-main-break/
