The city of Melbourne has declared a beachside boil water alert for residents and businesses from DeSoto Parkway in Satellite Beach northward to the Pineda Causeway in South Patrick Shores.
Wochit The city of Melbourne has declared a beachside boil water alert for residents and businesses from DeSoto Parkway in Satellite Beach northward to the Pineda Causeway in South Patrick Shores.
Crews isolated the broken pipe by 4 p.m., and repairs were expected to begin about 5, Mall said.
The boil water notice is affecting 5,000 to 6,000 households and businesses, Mall said.
Satellite Beach City Manager Courtney Barker said "we have gotten calls all morning" from residents reporting low water pressure, starting at about 7 a.m. "As a city, we worry about our businesses with these boil water notices.
And that area’s the lowest elevation in the city, by South Patrick Drive — especially the north Satellite Beach area.
Melbourne supplies drinking water across to an estimated 170,000 residents across southern Brevard, including Melbourne, West Melbourne, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Shores, Melbourne Village and adjacent unincorporated areas.
Text of Melbourne’s notification: "Water pressure in the area has dropped below the minimum system requirements as work is underway to search for the cause.
For questions or to report anything unusual, beachside residents should call Melbourne’s public works and utilities administration office at 321-608-5000 (daytime) or 321-255-4622 (after-hours).
Rick Mariani, vice president of the South Patrick Residents Association, noticed the water pressure drop while gardening about 8 a.m. Thursday.