Bay County Mandatory Water Boil Is Rescinded
Bay County Mandatory Water Boil Is Rescinded Save Email Print
Posted: 2:43 PM Jan 1, 2009
 Last Updated: 12:13 AM Jan 2, 2009
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Bay County's drinking water problem has been corrected. The water system is no longer exceeding turbitity levels and the Mandatory Boil Water notice has been lifted as of 2:30 PM New Year's afternoon.

A formal statement from Bay County Utilities was issed at mid afternoon. It states:
"Customers of Bay County Utilities were notified on December 31, 2008 of a problem with our drinking water and a Boil Water Notice was issued.

We are pleased to report that the problem has been corrected and that it is no longer necessary to boil you water. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

As always, you may contact Bay County Utility Services at (850) 872-
4785 or 3410 Transmitter Road, Panama City, Florida, 32404 with any comments or questions.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail."
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Posted by: Scott Location: Sweetwater Village on Jan 4, 2009 at 08:56 PM
"DITTO!!" NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW. I'd really like to bathe. But not in this water...
Posted by: Sue Location: Sweetwater Village on Jan 3, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Today our water is nasty yellow/brown, I dont even want to shower in this stuff!!!! I am very not happy.
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 2, 2009 at 01:31 PM
"Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail." That's funny. I live in an apartment and geee....nobody seemed to tell me until it was too late. What kind of warning system is this?
Posted by: crystal Location: callaway florida on Jan 1, 2009 at 08:31 PM
OUR WATER IS GROSE NOW IN CALLAWAY!! IT LOOKS YELLOW AND LEAVES A FILM IN THE BATHTUB/TOILET!! THATS GROSS AND THEY REALLY NEED TO CHECK INTO IT!
Posted by: Local Location: Callaway on Jan 1, 2009 at 03:43 PM
Our water looks worse right now then it did yesterday.
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