An official in The Villages has praised the “exceptional drinking water” in Florida’s Friendliest Hometown, despite a growing number of residents complaining about filthy filters at their homes.
Assistant District Manager Bruce Brown penned a lengthy piece published in Thursday’s edition of The Villages Daily Sun in which he described how water is pumped from the Florida aquifer and arrives in homes in The Villages.
“In The Villages, exceptional water quality is not just achieved – it is verified, reported and trusted year after year,” Brown wrote in the story published on page A9 of the Developer’s newspaper.
There was no explanation or context provided as to why the Brown’s piece was published this week, but it likely in response to the rising tide of complaints about the taste and quality of the water in The Villages. This past week, Joseph DeMayo of the Cottages at Summerchase took his prematurely filthy home water filter to a government meeting at Savannah Center, to sound the alarm. DeMayo worked for decades in water treatment at a public facility in Rhode Island, before retiring to The Villages…