Titusville rescinds boil water alert after successful bacteriological survey

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – The city of Titusville has rescinded a boil water notice following the satisfactory completion of the bacteriological survey and the FDEP’s (Florida Department of Environmental Protection) assessment that the water is safe to drink, the city announced on Saturday.

Titusville issued a boil water alert on Friday after E. coli was detected in each wellfield sample point.

The samples came back positive on Friday and were collected on Wednesday, according to the city.

Samples from Thursday did not come back positive for E. coli and the city will keep testing samples from the water sources.

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