Water outage causes confusion of residency. Want to know where you live?
Bradenton’s Monday night water outage caused a lot of confusion from residents who were unsure whether they resided within city limits or in unincorporated Manatee County.
The boil-water notice issued by the city of Bradenton, which is expected to last until Thursday afternoon, revealed the confusion and given the city’s choppy boundary lines, as well as unattached areas of the city, that confusion is understandable.
The best way to know if you were impacted by the boil-water notice is to check your water bill, and the easiest way to determine residency is to check your garbage cans. The city of Bradenton operates its own solid waste division and issues green garbage cans. Manatee County does not issue residents garbage cans.
Manatee County does issue a large blue recycling bin to its residents, while the city of Bradenton does not.
Mark Young: 941-745-7041, @urbanmark2014
This story was originally published October 4, 2017 at 3:33 PM with the headline "Water outage causes confusion of residency. Want to know where you live?."