But if not, it’s able to divert water from other facilities. A spokesperson told us the sole plant in its system that uses liquid oxygen as part of its cleaning process is able to support current demand. Some local utilities, like Orange County, pulls only a portion of their water from the lower Floridian and the remaining from the middle. The utilities pull their water from the lower Floridan aquifer, which requires more extensive cleaning at its plants, which is where the advanced ozone generators come in to clarify the water. Liquid oxygen usage OUC and Winter Park utilities are among 17 utilities in the state of Florida that utilize liquid oxygen in some form during its water treatment process. OUC and Winter Park Utilities are among 17 utilities in the state of Florida that utilize liquid oxygen in some form during their water treatment process. Trudell said the utility has no enforcement authority, so it won’t be able to require customers to implement conservation measures. READ: OUC asking water customers to start conserving water immediately: Here’s why We need a number of other things to happen, including shipments hopefully hospitalizations decreasing,” OUC Spokesperson Tim Trudell said. We haven’t seen that yet, but we have seen a drop, so that is going on the right direction. “We would like to see a drop between 25-50%. And OUC is still asking customers to conserve water to make sure their system can continue doing just that. “Water provided to Hillsborough County Public Utilities customers will continue to meet all local, state, and federal regulations for drinking water,” according to a news release from the utility.Ībout half a million people who live in the city of Orlando and unincorporated Orange County are relying on clean water from OUC. READ: OUC sending robocalls to customers urging them to conserve water Customers will start to experience water that has an odd taste or odor because it will be cleaned with more bleach. Late Wednesday, Tampa Bay Water told its customers that, effective Thursday, it will shift the water treatment process at its Lithia Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Facility due to a lack of liquid oxygen deliveries. Both utilities starting sending a new round of robocalls to customers on Wednesday after not experiencing significant water use drops since Friday when they first issued the call for customers to conserve non-essential water use.