Update: Water Main Break Affects Traffic on Seminole Blvd.

UPDATE, 3:20 p.m. on August 1: Stormwater upgrades continue on 8th Avenue westbound. The area is closed to traffic. The broken water main will be repaired along with the upgrade work. The water main may be back online as early as August 2. No households are without water during this work, city officials wrote. 

UPDATE, 2:13 p.m. on July 31:

The broken 12-inch water main has been shut down, and southbound traffic on Seminole Boulevard has been restored, officials said.

Response crews are working to provide temporary water service to the affected homes. The actual break was just northwest of Seminole Boulevard on 8^th Avenue Southwest.

UPDATE, 10:15 a.m. on July 31:

Drinking water service is turned off in the area of 8th Avenue SW and Seminole Blvd. About 15 to 25 properties will be without water until temporary water service can be installed. Authorities estimate the service interruption will last until around 5 p.m. today, according to an e-mail from Pinellas County.

The Department of Environment and Infrastructure's water quality section has been notified. They will contact affected residents while crews work on the repairs.

ORIGINAL POST:

Work crews are at the site of a water main break working to shut off the water until the leak is repaired, according to a news release.

Potable water service interruptions in the area are likely until the pipe can be repaired, according to a news release.

Largo Police are directing traffic around the water break.

Stay tuned to Patch as updates become available.