TARPON SPRINGS Municipal water and sewer rates could rise by slightly more than 10 percent during the city's coming fiscal year. ...more

August 25, 2008

The recent revelations about Tampa Bay Water's Bill Young Reservoir confirm what many have known all along: Tampa Bay Water cannot be trusted. They have misused the authority given to them by the partnership agreement. They have been fiscally irresponsible with our tax dollars and lied to us about it time and time again! ...more

August 18, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- In an era of high energy prices, Pasco County officials are checking out a Pinellas firm that converts sewage into a natural gas substitute that can power alternative-fuel cars or even run arc welders. ...more

August 6, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- During a public hearing Tuesday night the City Commission told residents it has no choice but to increase water and sewer service fees. ...more

July 25, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS - - Water and sewer rates in the city will go up each year for the next decade. The question is by how much? ...more

June 7, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS – There will be no reclaimed waste water available for watering lawns in Tarpon Springs until late tonight or even Thursday morning. ...more

June 4, 2008

For some 30 years the Hudson Water Works has operated in relative obscurity. That could change Friday afternoon when the small, nonprofit utility cooperative, which supplies drinking water to about 6,700 people in the Hudson area, holds its annual meeting and election of directors. ...more

January 16, 2008

Pinellas County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $1.5 million project to install reclaimed waste-water lines in a portion of the Palm Harbor area. ...more

January 8, 2008

SEBRING — The Florida Department of Environmental Protection plans to open a Highlands County office early next year. The space at 2812 Kenilworth Blvd., the former Christians in Action Center, has already been leased, said spokesman Elijah Fleishauer. The office will be open in January or February. Seven people, including clerks and specialists, will be hired or moved to Sebring, Fleishauer said. Specialists will work in three DEP areas: waste, water and air. "We're working on hiring right now," Fleishauer said. Some positions have already been filled. To fund the Sebring office, the Fort Myers district saved more than 4 percent of its budget last year, and didn't fill positions in that office. ...more

December 10, 2007

SEBRING — Five city buildings will soon be retrofitted with technology to reduce its $65,778 annual energy bill, and the city isn't pay a dime to make it happen. Ewald Probst, owner of Energy Saving Systems, said his company will supply and install energy-saving equipment at their cost and will share in the energy bill savings over a five-year period to recoup the costs. ...more

October 18, 2007