Recent rains, and help from the community, staved off a water shortage on the island a month ago. “The tanks are full.” said Ron Bolton, executive director of Gasparilla Island Water Association. The island uses from one million to one million and a half gallons a day from the tanks, not only for irrigation and home use, but for clay tennis courts, which require moisture so that they do not dry out. The island only has one golf course; it uses r…
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