Over a year later a Northeast Cape Coral neighborhood is still experiencing a very serious water shortage that started in November 2023.
Laurene Allen-Flower’s home runs on well water from the Mid-Hawthorn Aquifer in Cape Coral.
She spent $25,000 on a new well system after her original well dried up that’s because water levels started dropping from the aquifer.
“Save the water, so yeah it’s very concerning to me,” Flower said.
Watch Fox 4 Community Correspondent Ella Rhoades report below:
‘VERY SERIOUS’: North Cape water shortage persists as we enter dry season
In December, the City of Cape Coral and the South Florida Water Management District called the water shortage “very serious” with a “drier than normal dry season expected”.
The District first issued the water shortage in November 2023 for well water users anywhere in the yellow quadrant below.
The South Florida Water Management District