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Seminole CountyJuly 27th, 2011
The Company’s decision to seek rate relief was made only after careful and through consideration. The last base rate increase for the Chulutoa Systems was in 1996–fifteen years ago. Since acquiring the systems in 2004, AUF has made substantial capital improvements in plant and equipment to the improve the quality of water and wastewater service in the Chuluota area.
Click link below for the full request:
www.psc.state.fl.us/dockets/cms/docketFilings3.aspx?docket=110226
Seminole CountyMarch 21st, 2011
Updated: 6:24 pm EDT March 21, 2011
CENTRAL FLORIDA — One of Florida’s senators is working to block a potential rate hike for 117,000 Aqua Utilities customers. The controversial company has a history of complaints regarding water quality and over-billing.Senator Bill Nelson told WFTV when you have an issue that potentially impacts a third of Florida’s counties, it’s enough to get a senator’s attention. And Nelson said this is not the time for a rate hike.
Sen Bill NelsonMarch 21
Seminole CountyMarch 24th, 2010
Master bathroom water faucet around 7:10am -7:20 am, smells of rotten eggs again.
WFTV March 23, 2010 news coverage of PSC decision to continue monitoring of Aqua’s customer service.
http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/22911922/detail.html
Media
Residents Angry About Brown, Smelly Water
Posted at WFTV News 9 at 6:13 pm EDT June 30, 2009
CHULUOTA, Fla. — Tap water is supposed to be clear, but in Chuluota sometimes it’s brown. It’s the newest and most disgusting development in the city’s long-standing fight with the water company, Aqua Utilities and the health department is investigating. Brown water is bad enough, but that’s not the only problem people have with the company. Read more…

Health Department Tests Smelly Water
Posted originally at WFTV News 9 at 6:24 pm EDT July 2, 2009
CHULUOTA, Fla. — The embattled Aqua Utilities is being put to the test in Chuluota. State regulators tested the water flowing into one Seminole County home Tuesday and it was black. Read more…
Oviedo Says “No” To Bailout Of Aqua Utilities Customers
Posted to WFTV News, Channel 9 at 4:19 pm, September 26, 2008
OVIEDO, Fla. — The city of Oviedo will not take over the water pipelines operated by troubled Aqua Utilities, because the company pushed the price too high. That leaves hundreds of Seminole County residents at the mercy of the company they’ve fought against for months. Read more…