Residents should bring water to a rolling boil for 1 minute before drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes.

-By Rick Neale, originally posted on September 27, 2016

LATEST INFORMATION: Read the latest information we have on the boil-water notice affecting 150,000 in south Brevard.

Update, 9:30 a.m.: West Melbourne’s utility department is telling residents that a boil water advisory will be in place for at least the next two days.

Until a bacteriological survey shows the water is safe to drink, residents should continue to bring their water to a roiling boil before drinking.

Utilities workers are telling residents that it is safe to shower using the water.

Update, 7 a.m.: A message on the West Melbourne emergency hotline indicates that a boil water alert remains in effect for about 150,000 people across southern Brevard County, including all of Melbourne.

The city’s 100-square-mile distribution service area includes Melbourne, West Melbourne, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Shores, Melbourne Village and portions of unincorporated Brevard County.

Residents should bring water to a rolling boil for 1 minute before drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes.

Original story:

A Tuesday night lightning strike at a Melbourne water treatment plant has triggered an ongoing boil water alert for about 150,000 people across southern Brevard County, said Cheryl Mall, city spokeswoman.

The city’s 100-square-mile distribution service area includes Melbourne, West Melbourne, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Shores, Melbourne Village and portions of unincorporated Brevard County.

Residents should bring water to a rolling boil for 1 minute before drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes.

The city will conduct a bacteriological survey to determine when to lift the boil water notice.