A water main break, and the subsequent repair, has prompted Bossier Parish officials to issue a boil advisory for several communities covering Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District 1 effective immediately.
Residents of the MLK area of Shreveport are urged to boil their water before drinking or cooking with it because of work being done on the water system.
A boil water advisory will be in effect from 10 o'clock tonight (Thursday) until it's lifted by state health officials for residents and businesses along a portion of Benton Road.
The water boil advisory issued on January 30, 2014 for the Central Park area was lifted today after the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals advised the city that tests on water samples came back negative for contaminants. Since the tests results where negative, any water that was consumed while the advisory was in affect was safe...