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Hudson residents urge Pasco County oversight after reported utility break underreporting
Summary
A Hudson resident told the county commission she found only one FDEP report covering dozens of utility breaks and urged Pasco County to step in to ensure proactive repairs, shutoff valves and trustworthy water sampling for public health reasons.
Holly Sexton of Hudson told the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners that her neighborhood’s water utility poses a public-health risk and asked the county to step in to oversee the system.
Sexton said she found only one Florida Department of Environmental Protection report after reviewing 48 water-utility breaks and alleged the utility falsified break reports and failed to notify the state. “Hudson residents shouldn't have to feel like they should privately test their own water to see if they can drink it,” she said, and described residents who avoid drinking the water because they fear contamination. She urged Pasco County to provide oversight and improved sampling and to install shutoff valves so that breaks do not shut down entire communities.
Her remarks were presented during the meeting’s public-comment period; commissioners directed staff to follow up and offered to make county staff available to discuss details with residents.
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