UPDATE: Oakland lifts boil water notice

The water is safe to use for all purposes, including drinking.

By Amy Quesinberry
| 3:37 p.m. February 21, 2020

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Feb. 20 boil water notice issued by the town of Oakland has been rescinded. According to town officials, laboratory results confirmed no harmful bacteria were found in samples.

The notice was issued after an equipment malfunction at the Oakland water plant caused a temporary reduction in pressure. The reduced pressure went below the state’s minimum guidelines “for proper water production and delivery.”

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Amy Quesinberry

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.