Tag: Gasparilla Island Water Association

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,...

New truck to help with hydrants, backup for storms

At the end of May, the Boca Grande Fire Department purchased a new truck to account for fire hydrants damaged by Hurricanes Milton and Helene last fall. Currently on island, there are around...

Driller causes brief north end water outage

On Monday, June 2, there were some businesses out of water at the north end of the island. Ron Bolton, executive director of the Gasparilla Island Water Association, said that a directional...

Water disenfection process change planned by utility in June

Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable (drinking water) water supply. From June 2, at 7 a.m....

Water usage hits record level in April for GIWA

While the rainy season has not fully arrived, the little bit of rain last week helped the situation with water supplies on Gasparilla Island, as irrigation has put the system to the test. ...

Solving for pattern. Solutions good in all respects.

Some on this island are readers and devotees of Wendell Berry, the Kentucky writer whose thinking undergirds many of today’s ideas of agriculture and sustainability. One of his ideas that has been...

Irrigation overuse results in low island water pressure

Irrigation overuse last weekend resulted in a low pressure for water across the island. “We had about 30 percent chance of running out of water,” said Ron Bolton, executive director of...