Lady Lake officials run bottled water to parched residents of Water Oak.
The 1,200 residents of Water Oak had to subsist on bottled water for an extended period after the community’s water system was shut off when its sewage treatment facility was overwhelmed.
Lake Town Manager Kris Kollgaard and Chief of Police Chris McKinstry coordinated a Thursday delivery of bottled water to the residents of the community of manufactured homes.
The Noon Rotary Club was also part of the effort.
The water had been shut off after the sewage treatment facility was overwhelmed, residents said.
A generator at the water plant also reportedly failed.
The misery was intensified as the community of senior citizens had been sweltering without power after Hurricane Irma began moving into the area on Sunday night.
Power was restored to Water Oak at about 4 a.m. Friday.
The water came back on at Water Oak at about 1 p.m. Friday Residents had been forced to use the bottled water for drinking, hygiene and filling toilet tanks for flushing.
Sun Communities Inc., owner of Water Oak, did not return a message left at the company’s Michigan headquarters.