PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Well being Division in Palm Seashore County has partially lifted a well being alert for water our bodies because the rupture of a sewer line close to Lake Value Seashore on April 9.
A 36-inch line was broken when a contractor working with AT&T hit the sewer line close to Florida Mango Highway between Waterside Drive and the L-10 Canal. An estimated 3 million to five million gallons had been dispersed till the road was fastened 4 days after the rupture by the Lake Value Utility District.
A well being division alert remained.
“Current coordinated laboratory testing with the Metropolis of Lake Value Seashore and the Florida
Division of Environmental Safety has concluded that the water in these areas once more meets floor water high quality requirements for fecal-indicator micro organism confirming the general public might resume water-related actions,” the company mentioned Friday in a information launch.
An advisory stays for the floor water between South Congress Avenue and Florida Mango Highway. Consuming water has not been affected.
Florida Division of Well being in Palm Seashore County
This features a no-swim advisory and no irrigation to residents and guests within the space.
On Friday, officers lifted the advisory for the next areas:
Lake Clarke and Lake Clarke Shores
L-10 Canal
L-9 Canal
Grassy Noticed Lake
Lake Osborne
C-51/West Palm Seashore Canal
Canal between Waterway Drive and Lake Drive
Canal between Lake Drive and Pine Tree Lane
Keller Canal
Crews used vacuum vehicles to take away contamination from the affected canals and aerators so as to add oxygen again to the water and cut back odors. Crews put in a bypass across the website of the leak in order that sewage can transfer freely.
Booms had been positioned each up and downstream from the break to help within the momentary containment of the spilled wastewater, which is being pumped out and recovered into the wastewater therapy system.
For any extra details about the potential well being results of wastewater overflow, Floridians are inspired to contact DOH-Palm Seashore at 561-837-5900 or [email protected].