{"id":493557,"date":"2026-01-05T07:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/493557\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:14:27","slug":"city-of-delray-beach-makes-emergency-water-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/493557\/","title":{"rendered":"CITY OF DELRAY BEACH MAKES EMERGENCY WATER ANNOUNCEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE AT 5 p.m. \u2014 NOW RECEIVING EMERGENCY WATER FROM BOCA RATON, BOYNTON BEACH\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1791.png\" alt=\"Water System\" class=\"wp-image-113833\" title=\"CITY OF DELRAY BEACH MAKES EMERGENCY WATER ANNOUNCEMENT 2\"  \/>The City of Delray Beach issued an emergency water announcement on Saturday, January 3, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>UPDATE AT 5 p.m. \u2014 The City of Delray Beach is now receiving water from the City of Boca Raton. Read the complete update at the end of this article. <\/p>\n<p>DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright \u00a9 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) \u2014 The City of Delray Beach mid-day Saturday issued an emergency announcement regarding its water system. We are publishing the announcement as it was received by <a href=\"HTTPS:\/\/bocanewsnow.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BocaNewsNow.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; During the construction of a deep injection well, a contractor mistakenly caused a pipeline break. Water is present on the west side of\u00a0the\u00a0Water Treatment Plant along SW 4th Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please do the following until further notice:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Limit non-essential water use.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid activities that require high water consumption, such as irrigation or car washing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will temporarily utilize an interconnect with Palm Beach County, and free chlorine treatment will begin immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The free chlorine period originally scheduled to begin Monday, January 5,\u00a02026, and end on Saturday, January 24, 2026, will now start immediately to support system reliability during repairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will keep you updated as repairs progress and notify\u00a0you\u00a0when normal operations are restored.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, you may notice a slight change in taste or smell to your tap water. If you use a home dialysis machine, own aquarium fish, or manage stores or restaurants with fish and shellfish holding tanks, please seek professional advice on how to remove chlorine from tap water.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Please call the Utilities Department Customer Service team at (561) 243-7312 Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. &lt;&lt;<\/p>\n<p>Note that this is the CITY of Delray Beach. Just because you have a \u201cDelray Beach\u201d address does not mean that you live in the City of Delray Beach. If you truly are confused, <a href=\"https:\/\/bocanewsnow.com\/2024\/10\/08\/where-do-you-live-know-where-you-really-are-in-palm-beach-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read our \u201cwhere do I live\u201d guide<\/a> that was published in 2024 during Hurricane Milton. The information remains the same. <\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE FROM CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AT 5 p.m.<\/strong> \u2014 As a result of a recent raw water main break, the City temporarily opened emergency water interconnections with the City of Boca Raton and the City of Boynton Beach to maintain reliable water service.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, the water supplied through these interconnections is disinfected using chloramine rather than free chlorine, which is the disinfectant currently\u00a0used by our system. This notice is provided as a precautionary measure only.<\/p>\n<p>There are no known health effects associated with this temporary change in disinfectant, and the water continues to meet all applicable state and federal drinking water standards. Most customers will not notice any difference in their water.<\/p>\n<p>Once the situation is fully resolved and normal operations are restored, we will promptly notify our customers.<\/p>\n<p>If you have specific concerns\u2014such as for dialysis, aquariums, or other sensitive uses\u2014please contact us for additional guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to ensure continued safe and reliable water service.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Please call the Utilities Department Customer Service team at (561) 243-7312 Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE AT 5 p.m. \u2014 NOW RECEIVING EMERGENCY WATER FROM BOCA RATON, BOYNTON BEACH\u2026 The City of Delray&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":422947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[746,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-493557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115841260836109054","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}