NOTICE: Boil water advisory for Polk County lifted

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On: November 13, 2009

The Polk County Water Authority announced at 9 a.m. Thursday that the Boil Water Advisory was canceled as the floodwater into Deaton Springs has now subsided and all tests confirm the water is now safe.

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