As Hurricane Milton continues to wreak havoc in Hillsborough County, Florida, over 400,000 customers are currently without power. This widespread outage has had a ripple effect on various essential services in the area.
One critical service affected by the power outages is the local water supply. Tampa Bay Water, the regional water supplier, has issued an urgent plea to residents in the Tampa area to conserve water. Due to power outages affecting its facilities, Tampa Bay Water is struggling to maintain the water supply to Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties, as well as the cities of New Port Richey and St. Petersburg.
