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Find a Location

Florida Governmental Utility Authority has 4 locations, listed below.

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    • Florida Governmental Utility Authority

      280 Wekiva Springs Rd STE 2070 Longwood, FL 32779-6098

    • Florida Governmental Utility Authority

      510 Highway 466 STE 104A Lady Lake, FL 32159-6341

    • FGUA

      9841 Bernwood Place Drive Suite 120 Fort Myers, FL 33966

    • FGUA

      9841 Bernwood Place Dr STE 120 Fort Myers, FL 33966-6516

    Business ProfileforFlorida Governmental Utility Authority

    Utility Water Company
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 17 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    42 complaints closed in last 3 years

    18 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

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    Products & Services

    The Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA) provides utility services to approximately 120,000 customer connections in 14 counties.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Florida Governmental Utility Authority has 4 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Florida Governmental Utility Authority

        280 Wekiva Springs Rd STE 2070 Longwood, FL 32779-6098

      • Florida Governmental Utility Authority

        510 Highway 466 STE 104A Lady Lake, FL 32159-6341

      • FGUA

        9841 Bernwood Place Drive Suite 120 Fort Myers, FL 33966

      • FGUA

        9841 Bernwood Place Dr STE 120 Fort Myers, FL 33966-6516

      Headquarters
      280 Wekiva Springs Rd STE 2070, Longwood, FL 32779-6098
      BBB File Opened:
      9/4/2006
      Years in Business:
      17
      Business Started:
      9/4/2006
      Alternate Business Name
      • FGUA
      Hours of Operation

      Primary

      M:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      T:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      W:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      Th:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      F:
      8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Matthew Rihs, Community Manager

      Customer Contact

      • John Nieves, Community Director
      • Matthew Rihs, Community Manager
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (352) 633-9183
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Customer Complaints

      42 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      03/29/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Sales and Advertising Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      My husband had an account there for our water bill. He passed away in December of 22. I continued to make payments in his name even though I contacted them to let them know he passed away. A couple of months ago they sent me a refund check for $110, I'm guessing for overpayment (?)I'm unable to cash the check with my credit union so I called Florida governmental utility authority and asked them if they could reissue it in my name and they said they could not. Apparently I have to go through the court system which is going to cost more than the check. I've gotten refund checks from other businesses that were just in his name and I had no problem doing that. I asked them why they couldn't reissue it and they had no clear answer. The check is only for $110, but it's a substantial amount for me, someone who is on fixed income.
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      Customer Reviews

      17 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Charles B

      1 star

      02/24/2024

      You cannot pay your bill online. The website is garbage. The water quality is questionable. Often our water looks like milk. One time our water was brown. Two guys came out to see what I was talking about. They put water in a glass. It was clear so they said Nope,it's fine and started to leave. I had to tell them to wait a minute. I started filling up a clean bucket. The ****** it got the ******* the water got. So it turned into a pretty big job they had to do to fix it. Either they didn't want the big problem or they were just incompetent and didn't even know how to check water properly.

      Florida Governmental Utility Authority Response

      02/27/2024

      Good afternoon, ******************:

      Thank you for contacting the Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA) with regard to your concern listed below.  The FGUAs online bill pay system has been experiencing intermittent service issues, which is affecting some customers efforts to make payments.  Customers are asked to use ****** Chrome for the best experience.  The FGUA is currently testing a new, more user-friendly Online Bill *** System, which we anticipate will be available this Spring.  We will let customers know when it becomes available.  The FGUA apologizes for this inconvenience, and thanks you for your patience during this transitional time. In addition, the FGUA is making it aware to their customer base on their website with displays communicating the time frame of the new payment service.

      Alternatively, customers can make payments by phone, using a credit or debit card, at no additional charge, by dialing **************. Please make sure to have your FGUA account number handy, should you choose to remit payment using this payment method.  Customers can also make payments to the FGUA at any Amscot location or their local **************** Office.  For a list of locations, please visit our Hours and Locations ********************************************************************************.

      In regard to the water quality at your home; If you have a water softener, I recommend making sure that it is being properly serviced and maintained, including replacement of the filter media, as dirty filter media can not only affect the quality of the water coming into the home, but can affect the water pressure, as well, thus using more water. The water softener can also change the color of your water if not properly maintained.

      We can schedule for our service technicians to visit your service location to conduct a water quality test at you request if nothing has changed or corrected. 

      Thank you again for contacting the FGUA regarding this matter.  If I may be of additional assistance, please let me know.

      Sincerely,

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