Keeping the water pure in Manatee County
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Amanda Shawver-Karitz, water quality compliance supervisor, walks out onto the raw water basin where water from Lake Manatee Reservoir begins its filtration process at the Manatee County Water Purification Plant. Manatee County supplies drinking water for the county as well as several other municipalities in the area, which includes Sarasota. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald GJEFFERIES@BRADENTON.COM Buy Photo

