Tag: Gasparilla Island Water Association

Business & Real Estate: Lee Board of County Commissioners to vote on Water Authority rate adjustments

The Lee Board of County Commissioners will vote on Tuesday, April 1 to conduct a public hearing for the Gasparilla Island Water Association (GIWA) to adopt a new rate structure and rate...

Lee County Commission Meeting

A regular Lee Board of County Commissioners meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. next Tuesday, March 18. On the agenda is a rate increase for the Gasparilla Island Water Authority. There is no...

MARGATE THANK YOU

Gasparilla Island Water Association thanks Margate city utility crews BY JERRY EDGERTON PRESIDENT, GIWA BOARD We would like to express our deep appreciation and gratitude to the City of...

Business and Real Estate: Water Authority elects new officers, announces treatment improvements

The Gasparilla Island Water Association (GIWA) held its Annual Membership Meeting at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on Jan. 21. The agenda focused on the organization’s recovery efforts following...

No fluoride added to island water, ever

A new statewide push by State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo to discourage the fluoridation of Florida water will not affect residents of Boca Grande and Cape Haze, as the water here is not...

Boil no more

October 31, 2024
Staff Report
News

The Gasparilla Island Water Association’s boil water notice was rescinded on Monday morning, Oct. 28.

Water service restoration by G.I.W.A. and Margate crews

October 18, 2024
Garland Pollard
Breaking News, News

At press time, a crew from Margate, Florida, hired to help Boca Grande restore its water service, hoped to have the main fully repaired by Friday. As of Wednesday, the water system was coming...

Water Authority kept system intact during island floods

October 3, 2024
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

As Gasparilla Island dried out from Hurricane Helene, staff from the Gasparilla Island Water Authority continued to pump through much of the standing water that had leached into the sewer system...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Back in the field serving the need for water, Robert Walker

Happy endings can happen any time. Robert Walker, field superintendent for the Gasparilla Island Water Association, is a big believer in keeping the story going until that happy ending...

Chalk cleanup for overflow at GIWA water works

A half-million gallons of rainy sewage leaked onto the Gasparilla Island Water Authority plant grounds after Hurricane Debby. The spill was at 2:05 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5. It did not go into the...