The Virginia Department of Health and Lynchburg Health Department along with the City of Lynchburg’s Department of Water Resources is advising residents in the following areas to use boiled tap water or bottled water for drinking and cooking purposes: • Polk Street (from Second Street to Seventh Street) • Fifth Street (from Wise Street to Polk Street) • 400 Block of Wise Street • 400 Block of Taylor Street • Fourth Street (from Fillmore Street to Wise Street) • 400 Block of Floyd Street • 400 Block of Valley Street City of Lynchburg officials will inform the public when they no longer need to boil water.
We will be flushing the water system and collecting water samples.
They anticipate resolving the problem within 48 hours.
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