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This is my neck of the woods and I suspect it has something to do with the $17k assessment that is forced on each property owner when the city dual water system gets installed on their street. There are still outlying areas being incorporated and perhaps she could not afford to pay so they cut her off - when she managed to survive without it they came after her. Cape Coral is known for having crazy restrictions like not being able to park a pickup truck in your driveway.

I know this position is hazardous...however, if this lady wants to live "off the grid," she probably shouldn't live in a municipality where the codes require all residents to be on it. Solution: Sell her current abode and get a place out in an unincorporated area. Off-the-grid living actually makes sense in such an environment, anyway...more so than trying to live off the grid in an incorporated area, where the subdivisions are usually designed with the very purpose of supplying services like water/sewer/sanitation, gas and electric in mind.

I have no quarrel with the quaint notion of "sustainable living," to the extent there actually is such a thing. But if the city requires a dwelling within its corporate limits to be connected to the city water system, and you don't want that sort of thing, the smart thing to do is to buy somewhere else.

You’re right of course Milton, Cape Coral was set up as a nice retirement community which is why there are so many restrictive rules to keep the riffraff out. Anyone wanting to live off the grid would be better served moving outside city limits to a county managed property.