Lee County Utilities has issued a precautionary boil water notice to an estimated 1,000 residences and 100 commercial sites in east Fort Myers, the county said Monday in a news release.
The county provided the following information for those affected:
Who is impacted by the boil water notice?
Neighborhoods impacted include:
- South of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Hanson Street roughly between Fort Street to the west and Flint Drive to the east; and
- South of Hanson Street to Sivan Road between roughly Evans Avenue to the west and Work Drive to the east.
The area impacted contains both City of Fort Myers water customers and Lee County Utilities (LCU) water customers. Only households and businesses supplied with LCU water need to boil water because of a water main break. To determine who supplies your water, check your water bill or visit Lee County’s Resident Information Tool and input your address.
How long should water be boiled?
As a precaution, all water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes must be boiled at a rolling boil for one minute. Or, as an alternative, bottled water may be used.