Water service restored to 1,600 Siesta Key customers

Sarasota County shut off water service overnight in two areas of Siesta Key to make repairs. A boil notice remained in effect Wednesday.

By Andrew Warfield
| 12:15 p.m. February 22, 2023

Crews work overnight Tuesday to repair and replace hydrants and valves in Sarasota County's water system on Siesta Key.

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Update: With the exception of the Whispering Sands condominium community, the boil water notice has been rescinded for those residential and business customers on Siesta Key impacted by the shutoff. Public utilities staff continues to perform water tests at Whispering Sands, and we’ll provide more information once it becomes available.

Some 1,600 residential and business customers of the Sarasota County Water Division on Siesta Key had their water shut off overnight to allow for work to repair and replace hydrants and valves. The service was restored at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Work on north end of the project area was along Ocean Boulevard and Higel Avenue, on the south end along Beach Road and Canal Road.

A precautionary boil notice is in place. Customers will be updated once the notice is rescinded.

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Andrew Warfield

Andrew Warfield is the Sarasota Observer city reporter. He is a four-decade veteran of print media. A Florida native, he has spent most of his career in the Carolinas as a writer and editor, nearly a decade as co-founder and editor of a community newspaper in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.