Update: The boil water notice has been rescinded for West Melbourne residents.

A bacteriological survey was completed, showing the water is safe to drink.

Customers will be alerted via a Code Red call when the precautionary boil water notice is lifted.

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Tens of thousands of Brevard County residents are under a precautionary boil water notice that is expected to last for at least two days, according to Melbourne officials.

Boil water notice remains in effect

Several major cities in Brevard impacted

Residents urged to boil all water used for eating, drinking

A lightning strike Tuesday at a Melbourne water production facility prompted the boil water alert for 150,000 people in Brevard.

The boil water notice affects all Melbourne water customers, which includes Melbourne Beach, West Melbourne, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Shores, Melbourne Village and a portion of unincorporated Brevard.

It also affects schools in the area, which is an early dismissal day for Brevard schools. A complete list is provided below.

Jamie Doyle is confident her child will be safe at school.

"I wasn't worried about it. I figured they were on top of it," said Doyle, whose 4-year-old daughter attends VPK at Harbor City Elementary. "I figured they've dealt with kids for years; they know all the precautions."

All drinking fountains are being bagged and tagged, as well as bathroom sinks. Water containers are being set aside for the school clinic. Meals will be served at school, but bottled water is being used for food prep and drinking. Cafeteria staff is using a natural gas powered boiler that can heat up 25 gallons of water in just 15 minutes.

"It helps us carry along and augment any delivered water we have," said Jim Powers, Brevard County Schools Environmental Health and Safety Engineer.

Extra hand sanitizer was also delivered to all affected schools.

Area colleges such as Florida Tech and Eastern Florida State College Melbourne campus are also impacted.



Residents should boil their water before drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, making ice or washing dishes. Bottled water may be used as an alternative.

"We'll be brushing our teeth with bottled water, giving the dogs bottled water. No tap water at all," Doyle said.

Power was restored to the water facility and repairs have been made. However, the precautionary boil water notice is expected to remain in effect until the water is deemed safe to drink, officials said.

Brevard schools under boil-water alert

Elementary

Roy Allen ES

Dr. WJ Creel ES

Croton ES

Gemini ES

Harbor City ES

Holland ES

Indialantic ES

Longleaf ES

Meadowlane Int. and Prim. ESs

Ocean Breeze ES

Sea Park ES

Sherwood ES

Surfside ES

University Park ES

West Melbourne SS

Secondary

Central MS

DeLaura MS

Eau Gallie HS

Hoover MS

Johnson MS

Melbourne HS

Palm Bay MHS

Satellite HS

Stone MMS

West Shore JSHS

Other

S. Area Alternate Ed.

S. Areas Adult Ed.

Monroe St. Bus Cmpd.

Mid-South Bus Cmpd.

Satellite Bus Cmpd.

City of Melbourne Public Works & Utilities has a list of guidelines for the boil water notices posted on its website.

Anyone with questions can contact the City of Melbourne Public Works & Utilities Administration office at (321) 608-5000 or via the emergency after-hours number: (321) 255-4622.