Residents in Long Beach are being advised to boil their water or use bottled water after the Nassau County Health Department detected strains of E. coli in the city's water supply.
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein announced that they would address the findings at a news conference at 2 p.m. today. A boil-water order has been issued for Long Beach residents, and city officials said that the water is currently unsafe to drink.
The city issued an alert on its website at 12:40 p.m. and sent out a robocall informing residents about the issue.