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| Orlando Mayor urges residents to limit water usage because liquid oxygen used by treatment plants is being diverted to hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients |
| 2021-08-23 |
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer asked residents to stop watering lawns and washing cars for a least a week, and the reason tracks back to the COVID-19 surge
- Dyer explained that many COVID-19 patients require liquid oxygen for their treatment, helping them breathe easier
- Nationally and locally the demand for liquid oxygen is high as COVID-19 has surged and many have not been vaccinated
- Dyer said there could be impacts to the water quality if the city doesn't reduce the amount of water it needs to treat
- If the shortage due to COVID-19 gets even worse, that could lead to a citywide boil order
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