DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) -- Like Palm Beach County and the City of Boca Raton, the City of Delray Beach is set to disinfect its water system over the next few weeks. Customers may notice a smell -- or even taste -- to their water. While perfectly normally, this could be disconcerting to some. People with specific medical conditions are encouraged to ask their doctors for guidance. Here's the official statement from the City of Delray Beach:
"Beginning Sunday, January 5, 2025, the City of Delray Beach will begin the process of temporarily switching from total chloramines to free chlorine. The event will take place until Saturday, January 25, 2025. This preventive maintenance process is considered standard practice and is recommended by the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the lead regulatory agencies overseeing the Safe Drinking Water Act programs, and it entails converting from chloramines to free chlorine as the primary disinfectant.
Customers served by Delray Beach Utilities may notice a slight chlorine taste or odor in their tap water during this period. Many may not detect a change at all. If you are especially sensitive to the taste or odor of chlorine, keep an open container of drinking water in your refrigerator for a few hours to allow the chlorine to dissipate. Users of home dialysis machines, owners of aquarium fish, and managers of stores and restaurants with fish and shellfish holding tanks are advised to seek professional advice as the method for removing chlorine residuals differs from removing chloramine residuals from tap water.
For additional information, please contact customer service at (561) 243- 7312 between 7:00 AM and 3:30 PM Monday through Friday or visit the City's website at delraybeachfl.gov."