Sarasota County residents experiencing changes in their water systems – SNN

Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC

 

 
Sarasota County
 
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UPDATE (as of May 26):
Conditions in the water system continue to improve over this time yesterday. Throughout the day today, the system has been able to recover some of the water storage volume that was used during yesterday’s record demands. This additional system storage will help to maintain the pressures in the water system, especially during the morning and evening peak demand periods.
 
Tuesday saw the largest water demand ever recorded in Sarasota County. Public Utilities, in cooperation with our regional partners Manatee County and the Peace River Authority, distributed over 30 Million Gallons of potable water on Tuesday. The County’s 3 water reclamation facilities only treated about 15 Million Gallons of wastewater yesterday. Therefore, over 50% of the water that was used on Tuesday went into the environment, mostly in the form of irrigation.
 
This afternoon, the County Administrator has issued a State of Emergency – Water Emergency. This action restricts the use of potable water for irrigation purposes, unless allowed by an exemption in the Sarasota County Code. The added demand on the potable water system caused by the drought conditions has directly contributed to the water system pressure issues witnessed yesterday. This action will assist the water system during this recovery period while limiting further impact to the businesses and residents that have been most impacted by the low system pressures.
 
Sarasota County has issued an emergency declaration and an administrative order due to the recent water system changes and below-normal pressure levels. Utilities customers are encouraged to be resourceful and refrain from unnecessary use of potable water for the next seven days.
 
The county team continues to work diligently to return water pressure to normal levels but due to multiple external factors such as the dry weather and increased customer demand, it is difficult to estimate when that may occur. On May 25, Sarasota County saw a record demand for potable water at more than 31 million gallons. The county was aware of this type of situation occurring and have already been working toward a permanent solution.
 
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