Tag: Gasparilla Island Water Association

Look for new hydrants this spring

January 29, 2026
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

Pictured here, a working hydrant tested after Hurricane Milton. The Gasparilla Island Water Association expect to have new replacement fire hydrants delivered to the island this week. There are...

Power pole on sewer pipe caused leak

January 22, 2026
Garland Pollard
Featured News, News

A simple sewer break that turned complicated was finally fixed on Tuesday, Jan. 20. “The FPL power pole was directly on top of the gravity pipe,” said Ron Bolton, executive director of the...

Golf ball may have played through & ‘sliced’ sludge pipe

Unexpected water hazard or freeze-out It may have been a stray golf ball that hit a sewer pipe designed for drying sludge that caused a small spill at the water plant on New Year’s Eve. ...

Gasparilla Island Water Association sets annual meeting and nominates officers

The Gasparilla Island Water Association, or GIWA’s, Annual Membership Meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Stewardship of drinking water remains a high priority for the...

Residents asked to conserve water due to drought

The Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board voted Tuesday, Nov. 18 to declare a Phase I Water Shortage due to dry conditions throughout the region. This includes the Gasparilla...

Bayou Bridge deconstruction will take two weeks

The actual removal of the Bayou Bridge began this week on behalf of the Gasparilla Island Water Association. A barge and crane operation from Kelly Brothers was out on the water, as staff was...

Removal of temporary Bayou bridge begins Oct. 16

Above, a 2020 photo of the temporary Bayou bridge used for GIWA operations. The old bridge is portable and is now in place, but it will be permanently removed this month. It had been used because...

Bayou temporary bridge gone by Thanksgiving after GIWA work

The temporary bridge over the Boca Grande Bayou being used by the Gasparilla Island Water Association to remove old equipment will be gone by Thanksgiving. GIWA Executive Director Ron Bolton...

Water Association clearing out old systems

After the installation of a new advanced water treatment process at the Gasparilla Island Water Association, staff and contractors are now disassembling part of the old system for recycling and in...

Island emergency group meets to prepare for storms

The island Emergency Operations group met at the Boca Grande Fire Department on Thursday morning, July 24 to go through updates and procedures for peak hurricane season. Since Hurricane Ian,...