Supplemental Agenda Items - FGUA

10 water treatment plants. It also has two wastewater collection systems, with a
capacity of 2.1 MGD. It serves 15,255 water customers and 14,612 wastewater
customers. FGUA has resolved the system’s infamous “black water” problem,
which pre-existed for many years.
• Lehigh Acres System – Occupies 60,000 acres of residential and light
commercial land in Lee County. Serves 10,873 water and 8,807 wastewater
customers.
• North Fort Myers System – Service area occupies 39 square miles, serving
1,852 water and 11,669 wastewater customers in Lee County. Most of the water
services are already provided by Lee County, leaving wastewater to FGUA.
• MacDill AFB System – Part of a 50-year utility services contract covering 5,630
acres of land in Hillsborough County where some 5,322 active duty and 1,077
civilian personnel live. Although the system is contracted to have just one
customer – the base itself – it’s expected to serve approximately 4,400 water
and 2,600 wastewater equivalent connections. The FGUA also will deliver multimillion
dollar rehabilitation and CIP projects over the next five years.
• Golden Gate System – Occupies four square miles in Collier County, primarily
for single-family homes, multi-family residential and light commercial. It serves
3,216 water and 2,022 wastewater customers.
• Lindrick System – Covers more than 3.2 square miles in Pasco County, with
a permitted flow of 870,000 gallons each day. It serves 3,104 customers.
Wastewater flows at nearly 482,000 gallons, serving 3,464 customers.
• Consolidated System – Formed from the acquisition of five small utility systems
in Pasco County. It’s a water-only utility that has a daily flow of approximately
383,000 gallons, serving 2,404 customers.
The Aloha Story
Among the most dramatic turnarounds, the privately held Aloha system in Pasco
County fought with customers, the county government, the Public Service Commission
and the media. The private system was in desperate need of improvement, operating
under consent orders and fined by the Southwest Florida Water Management District
for overpumping.
The county approached FGUA to negotiate the system’s acquisition. Eventually an
agreement was reached and FGUA took control of the troubled system.
A group of customers originally formed to protest the system management became
enthusiastic supporters of the FGUA acquisition. What was proposed by the previous
owner to be a 150 percent rate increase to correct permit violations and make badly
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