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Update: JEA Lifts Precautionary Boil Water Advisory For Parts Of St. Johns County

Ildar Sagdejev
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JEA has lifted a boil water advisory for communities in Northwest St. Johns County.

The advisory was issued after a contractor working for a developer hit a 20 inch pipe on Wednesday.

The following areas were affected by the earlier advisory:

Creekside High School – 100 Knights Lane

Durbin Creek Elementary School – 4100 Racetrack Road

Race Track Road Patriot Oaks Academy – 475 Longleaf Pine Parkway

Racetrack Road from East end of Durbin Creek Blvd to St Johns Parkway

West end of St Johns Parkway from Race Track Road to CR 210

CR 210 from St Johns Pkwy to Stone Creek Circle

The following Communities in NW St Johns County:

Celestina

The Oaks

Eastwood

Pine Crossing

St Andrews Place

Veterans Park

Julington Lakes

Durbin Crossing

Cimarrone

South Hampton

Johns Creek

Water lines should be flushed for three minutes  in order to remove any air and possible sediments from the lines, according to JEA.

The advisory remained in place until the pipe was repaired and two consecutive days of satisfactory bacteriological results were obtained.

For more information regarding this advisory JEA can be reached at 904-665-6000.

Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org, 904-358-6349 or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.

Ryan Benk is a former WJCT News reporter who joined the station in 2015 after working as a news researcher and reporter for NPR affiliate WFSU in Tallahassee.
Bill joined WJCT News in September of 2017 from The Florida Times-Union, where he served in a variety of multimedia journalism positions.