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The station's news immediately got the attention of Patty DiPiero from Lee County Utilities. She said Lee County residents began calling the utility this morning saying they heard on the station that county water was unsafe and should not be used for drinking, showering or for any use.


DiPiero stressed in an email to media outlets that the utility was not having any issues with the water supply and the water is safe to use.


"My understanding is it is a felony to call in a false water quality issue," Diane Holm, a public information officer for Lee County, said, due to the potential of such a false report to affect a large segment of Southwest Florida's population.