Update, Boil Water order in Tampa

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-- james hyde (hydesci@gte.net), January 22, 2000

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http://tampatribune.com/FloridaMetro/MGI9LNGRQ3C.html

-- james hyde (hydesci@gte.net), January 22, 2000.


Hot link attempt 1.

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Now; If I only knew how to import the whole article...?

-- james hyde (hydesci@gte.net), January 22, 2000.

Here ya go... (copy & paste)

Jan 22, 2000 - 12:22 AM

Outage prompts order to boil water By GEORGE WILKENS

Water service was restored to 10,000 New Tampa residents about 1 p.m. Friday, 15 hours after a leak in an underground transmission main required a water shutoff. The loss of water temporarily closed a dozen restaurants, crippled many other businesses and sent some schoolchildren home early.

Many residents in New Tampa north of Interstate 75 were forced to change their morning routines.

``No coffee, no bath, no nothing,'' said New Tampa resident Sara O. Cook.

She turned to technology to solve her most serious problem. She melted ice in a microwave to get water to brew coffee.

Employees at Bostonian Hair Salon in New Tampa Center near Pebble Creek rescheduled more than a dozen morning appointments and improvised for others.

``We're using a lot of purified water right now,'' said nail technician Nicky Menendez.

Patrick James, owner of Spanky's BBQ in the same shopping center, pondered a lunch-hour menu without fountain soft drinks. ``I'm boiling water for tea, and I have bottled water,'' he said.

But, like other restaurants, Spanky's soon closed.

Grayson Wood, sanitation safety administrator with the state Division of Hotels and Restaurants, said eight specialists visited restaurants in the affected area. ``Almost all of them were already closed,'' Wood said. After an official visit, the others did, too.

``Without water the restaurant can't safely serve food'' and toilets can't function, Grayson said.

Traci Cobey Haupert was among the Publix customers buying bottled water.

``We used the last of our water to make coffee,'' said the 35-year- old West Meadows resident. ``No shower, but I put on a lot of perfume,'' she joked as she loaded 69-cent jugs of drinking water.

Public schools trucked in bottled water to keep things flowing, said Hillsborough County schools spokeswoman Susan King. ``It was an emergency and a dire inconvenience,'' she said.

Hunter's Green and Clark elementary school pupils were granted excused absences upon parents' request. Exam exemptions at Wharton High and Benito Middle schools will be dealt with on a case-by- case basis, King said.

The break in the 3-foot diameter main required a water shutdown for an area from I-75 to the Hillsborough/Pasco line. The leak occurred in the transmission main directly in front of the Morris Bridge Water Treatment Plant on Dona Michelle Drive off Bruce B. Downs.

A ``precautionary boil notice'' will remain in effect up to 48 hours, or until tests for bacteria show the water is safe to drink. As a precaution, affected customers should boil for one minute any water for drinking or cooking.

-- Helpful (helpful@me.com), January 22, 2000.


Here's an earlier story on the leak that adds more information including that the amount spilled is approxinately 500,000 gallons and a portion of the highway may be damaged.....

TAMPA - An underground water main broke Thursday, closing a major road just north of downtown and left as many as 10,000 New Tampa residents without water. A 36-inch water main was leaking at the Morris Bridge Water Treatment Plant, said Tampa Water Department spokeswoman India Williams. Crews worked into the night to bypass the ruptured main, but the procedure was unsuccessful. At 10 p.m. Thursday, the water was shut off for an expected 12 hours to customers north of the intersection of Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Williams said. She said engineers didn't know why the water main broke. She estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 residents were affected. When service resumes, customers are urged to boil water used for drinking and cooking until the water department can make sure of its safety, Williams said. Earlier in the day, in an unrelated incident, a water pipe burst, causing officials to close a section of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Armenia Avenue and North Boulevard near the Hillsborough River. Traffic was halted in both directions and Tippin estimates up to 500,000 gallons of water may have been lost. The water was turned off at 4:30 for repairs, and service resumed at 5:30, Williams said. Tampa police spokesman Joe Durkin said that section of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard may be closed until Monday because the running water may have damaged road pavement. Link to story

http://www.tampatribune.com/FloridaMetro/MGIB1E99Q3C.html

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 23, 2000.



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