{"id":126044,"date":"2026-01-21T06:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126044\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T06:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:55:09","slug":"boil-water-advisory-issued-for-portion-of-ridgecrest-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126044\/","title":{"rendered":"Boil water advisory issued for portion of Ridgecrest neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">CLAY COUNTY, Fla.  \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clayutility.org\/documents\/20260120163504_InterruptionAdvisory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clayutility.org\/documents\/20260120163504_InterruptionAdvisory.pdf\">The Clay County Utility Authority on Tuesday issued a boil water advisory <\/a>for a portion of the Ridgecrest neighborhood after an emergency repair was made to the area\u2019s water distribution system, the utility said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The advisory will remain in effect until the Clay County Utility Authority conducts a bacteriological survey of the area\u2019s public drinking water supply. Two consecutive days of satisfactory bacteriological samples are required before the advisory can be lifted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThe Authority will post a notice on your door and update our website when the FDEP lifts the \u2018Drinking Water Advisory,\u2019\u201d the utility said. &#8221; While the water is off, we recommend that you turn off all appliances that automatically draw water &#8211; including but not limited to washing machines, dishwashers, ice makers, water heaters, water softeners. \u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Service will be restored once CCU technicians have completed the necessary repairs, flushed the water lines, and measured disinfection levels to ensure water quality. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Upon completion, it is advised that affected residents run the water in their kitchen and bathrooms for several minutes to remove any sediment or air that may have entered the system. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIf there is air in your system, the water will appear milky,\u201d the utility explained. \u201cThis is no cause for alarm. Please flush the line until the air has been removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLAY COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 The Clay County Utility Authority on Tuesday issued a boil water advisory for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[62434,3487,571,116,118,117],"class_list":["post-126044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-boil-water-advisory","tag-clay-county","tag-health","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}