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Water line break in Baldwin repaired, boil water notice still in effect for three days

The Town of Baldwin says that a water line break left some residents without water Tuesday. If you lost water, you are now under the boil water notice.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Update: The water line break in Baldwin has been repaired as of 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. However, the boiled water advisory will still remain in effect for the next two to three days.

It's been over 24 hours since people in Baldwin have had water pressure. 

“No showers, no cleaning, no water in the house," Baldwin resident, William Nicely, said.

Baldwin Mayor, Sean Lynch, said a water line broke at the Northwest intersection of Oliver Street and Main Street Monday afternoon. Baldwin public works have been working to fix it since. 

"Just bear with us," Lynch said. 

"We didn’t expect this to happen we tried to isolate it, so everybody wasn’t off, but this is the best and quickest way right now just bear with us and we have a boiled water notice for the next three days, but we’ll have your water on.”

Anyone who lost water during that outage is now under the boil water notice. This applies to water used for drinking or cooking. 

Officials say a rolling boil for one minute should work.

A bacteriological survey is being conducted. It will take 3 to 4 days to get results. The town government will notify residents on the 4th day to determine if the boil water notice will be extended.

Lynch said the water line break is a problem he hoped to avoid. 

“Down through the years new lines were put in and the old lines weren’t taken out they remained with water some pressure but had water these were one of the ones that were down there for lord I don’t know," Lynch said.

Lynch hopes to dig up the problem and bury it for good.

“I’m going to anticipate going in sections and we’ll look for another grant to cut it out by sections and hopefully by the next two years we’ll alleviate all these broken pipes that we have," Lynch said. 

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