Thank you, Tinker!

I'm in Duval. Home is 16 years old, if that is important.

Seems that I should not be concerned about thinking of filling my bathtub.....I've been told that this is a tactic from the folks on wellwater....no electricity to pump, no flushing of toilets....

Ha, Bill!

YUP....two refrigerators and a stand up freezer, me....gallons of frozen drinking water (that double as icepacks when bringing home seafood from the Gulf) stashed in that bad boy!

This is true. We did exactly that for our home in MD which was on a well and lost power during hurricanes.

Thanks for the ratification, Bill!

Not in the hysterical (historical) area. There is a backup generator near the water tower.

I think "The Villages" is so big that there may not be one correct answer based on your specific location and also which specific independent water system you're referring to.

In general, municipal potable water systems are designed to prevent outages. In many parts of The Villages (though not so much in the very southern sections from what I've seen), there are high "water towers". These support the system by pumping water up in to the tower and then using the potential energy of that higher water to pressurize the system -- so as long as we still have gravity and water left in the tower there will be pressure. Of course eventually that water will run out if used by residents and not refilled, so things like backup generators or engine-driven pumps can be used in case of power outages to keep the refill pumps running.

Non-potable irrigation water, where provided, may use a different system and be more reliant on pumps -- so if there is a widespread power outage that effects a pump station, there could be a short outage for the 30-60 seconds usually needed to start the backup generators, but there are also ways they may use to mitigate even that (and lessen normal pump wear) by using pressure tanks, fast-acting battery-based UPS systems, and such to smooth things out -- but in a power outage lawn irrigation isn't usually a very high priority so preventing a short outage may not be worth the investment.

The Villages also has a separate, quite complex, water management system for golf course watering and storm water management. Because that system is specifically designed to deal with severe weather events there would also be additional redundancy built into that system to deal with power or other possible outages like pump failures and blockages and such.

If you live in the Historic sector of The Villages and you have power supplied by Duke Energy, you may be subject to power outages due to the failure of needed equipment updates in this specific area. In the event of severe weather, including hurricanes, the Historic sector is usually the first area to lose power and the last to have it restored. Duke Energy is aware of this issue but has failed to correct it.

Had a house in Duval for 8 years with multiple TS, and remnants of passing hurricane. Hurricane flooding tunnels, and excessive water funneled to golf courses, as water management.
The pond across the street rose 15’, but never reached homes. Not a power loss in any storm.

We have had Seco at 5 homes in different villages since 2007. Only a few power blips of 2-3 minutes. You have Seco, between the 6’s, you are in good hands.

No issues with Seco power south of 44 since 2022.