The county has committed to providing 6 million gallons of water daily to the more than 23,000 homes and apartments to be built over the next six years in the south county. Related: Hillsborough plans utility rate increaseīut the county faces two pending pinch points, in 20, when supplies - and the planned upgrades to the county’s utility system - will be challenged by a growing customer base.
Water use in south county reached more than 71 million gallons a day during May, or 21 percent above the limit of Tampa Bay Water’s permit.
That’s in addition to the existing accounts - 197,000 countywide in February - serving 665,000 people, two-thirds of whom are in the county’s south-central water system. The county said it set a record in April when it connected 825 new customer meters. The increasing number of complaints comes simultaneously with an increasing number of customers. The county recorded 40 complaints from south county residents for the period June 1-18. The start of the summer rainy season brought a decline, but not an end to the water pressure woes. Things are really getting out of hand,” he wrote in late May. “Sprinklers won’t even pop up because the pressure is so low. Randy Borrero from the Sereno subdivision in Wimauma turned to Facebook to show the slow flow of water from his kitchen faucet.
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