Gasparilla Island Water Association Water Treatment Facility on Boca Grande

Welcome to GIWA

Gasparilla Island Water Association

Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. (GIWA) is a non-profit membership owned water and sewer utility organized in 1966 through the efforts of the Boca Grande Women’s Club. The members of GIWA are property owners on Gasparilla Island and the Boca Grande Causeway that are connected to GIWA’s water and sewer system.

Collage of Boca Grande Lighthouse and domestic water usages

Rainfall and Gallons Sold

GIWA’s wants to remind everyone to turn off their sprinklers when it rains. The easiest way to accomplish this is with an automatic rain shutoff device that overrides the irrigation systems when sufficient rain has fallen.

The following compares rainfall to gallons sold on the Island:

Rain falling into a body of water