Groveland advances nearly $27M in water, sewer funding to prevent future outages

After months of water outages, boil-water advisories and growing frustration among residents, Groveland city leaders took a significant step Monday toward addressing the aging infrastructure behind many of those problems.During a special city council meeting, officials advanced two major funding measures totaling approximately $26.76 million in potential water and wastewater improvements.The first involves nearly $20 million in grant funding to improve the city’s existing sanitary sewer system. The second establishes a $7.76 million financing package intended to strengthen Groveland’s drinking-water infrastructure, including potential upgrades to water mains, electrical equipment and computerized monitoring systems.For residents who have experienced repeated service interruptions, the improvements could eventually mean a more reliable water supply and fewer unexpected outages.But city leaders acknowledge the work will take years.“Sometimes it’s not just what happened, it’s what are you