CITRUS PARK, Fla. — Two days after asking people in portions of northwest Hillsborough County to boil water, county leaders have lifted the notice.
Leaders say bacteriological sampling showed the affected water met quality standards.
The precautionary notice was issued Tuesday afternoon after a work crew hit a water main Tuesday afternoon.
The boundary of those impacted included an area west of Veterans Expressway to Ehrlich Road and west of Gunn Highway to Racetrack Road to the Pinellas County line, the county announced in a news release.
A contractor damaged a 24-inch water main line while performing work on the Citrus Park Roadway Project just after 4 p.m. near the Fawn Ridge Water Treatment Plant, officials said.
The break earlier reportedly had taps running dry, but the county says water service has been restored.
The Eagles, Westwood Lakes and Waterchase neighborhoods were said to be without water. So, too, was the area around Citrus Park Mall. BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse at the mall told 10 Tampa Bay it is closed for the evening.
A precautionary boil water notice means water pressure in the lines dropped below a certain level, so there is the risk of contamination. Actual contamination is unlikely, the county says, but people still are asked to boil their water as a precaution.
Afterward, the water can be used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes. The water should come to a rolling boil for one minute.
The city of Tampa last week was under a precautionary boil water advisory after it said a third-party company performing work hit a transmission main coming from the David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility.
Officials lifted the advisory Thursday, Dec. 10, after rounds of water testing showed no evidence of contamination.
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