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Melbourne issues boil water notice for all customers after E.Coli found

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Melbourne issues boil water notice for all customers after E.Coli found

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Melbourne on Friday issued a boil water notice to all of its customers after a contaminated sample was found.

E. Coli bacteria found in one routine sample taken from 1037 Ashley Ave. in Indian Harbour Beach on April 10.

Affected cities include customers of Melbourne water south of the Pineda Causeway:

  • Indialantic
  • Indian Harbour Beach
  • Melbourne
  • Melbourne Beach
  • Palm Shores
  • Satellite Beach
  • Unincorporated Brevard south of Pineda (does not include Suntree and Viera)

Melbourne spokeswoman Cheryl Mall in a statement said that they hope to have the situation resolved within 48 hours. Additional samples are being collected at various points in the water system.

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