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No City Permits Pulled By FPL Contractor In Fort Lauderdale Water Main Break

CHARLIE ORTEGA GUIFARRO
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MIAMI HERALD
Crews work on fixing the broken pipeline that's left 220,000 people without running water in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday, July 18, 2019.

Fort Lauderdale partially patched the break in a water pipe that closed stores, restaurants and stranded thousands without water on Thursday, but the boil water notice could remain in effect for another 48 hours as long-term repairs continue, city officials said Thursday evening.

And the on-site supervisor for an FPL subcontractor out of Wellington was issued a Notice to Appear in Broward Court for doing work without city permits.

Residents in Fort Lauderdale and several surrounding municipalities awoke Thursday to the news that they could be without water throughout the day and maybe into Friday after Florida Communication Concepts damaged a 42-inch water main at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Wednesday afternoon. That meant no water to the Fiveash treatment plant, which meant no water for Fort Lauderdale.

Read more at our news partner the Miami Herald.

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