About 125,000 customers in Long Beach are under a boil water notice Thursday after a water main break the day before led the city’s utility department to issue the requirement. Customers in the 90805, 90807, and portions of the 90806 zip code are under the boil water order until further notice. The water main break happened Wednesday around 11:20 a.m. in the California Heights neighborhood, near the intersection of Orange Avenue and East Wardlow Road. Water gushed through streets in the area until it was capped around one hour later. Long Beach Utilities Department notified customers of the break Wednesday and conducted system flushing, which removes naturally occurring sediment that settled after the loss of water pressure. That sediment is not harmful according to the department.

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