Top managers with Raytheon told the Agency on Bay Management today that cleaning up groundwater contamination near its St Petersburg defense plant will take quite a while. ...more

August 14, 2008

Homeowners in the Jasmine Lakes subdivision have filed a class-action lawsuit against one of the state's largest utilities, claiming that percolation ponds for the company's wastewater treatment plant are polluting their neighborhood. ...more

July 31, 2008

Hillside Mobile Home in Zephyrhills will be connected to city water and sewer service, but residents will pay for the change. ...more

July 15, 2008

Covanta Pasco, which runs the county's waste-to-energy incinerator at Hayes Road, has received recognition for going "above and beyond" required environmental standards. ...more

June 28, 2008

A mobile home park owner who was denied his request last month to hook up to the city's utility system now wants the council to reconsider. ...more

June 9, 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

County commissioners on Tuesday voted 5-0 to approve a $2 million budget amendment to hire a consulting engineer and begin expansion of the Ridge Manor Wastewater Treatment Plant. ...more

June 5, 2008

County commissioners today will be asked to approve a budget amendment totaling $2 million for design costs associated with the Ridge Manor Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion program. ...more

June 3, 2008

County commissioners Tuesday will be asked to approve a budget amendment totaling $2 million for design costs associated with the Ridge Manor Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion program. ...more

June 1, 2008

SEBRING — In about 60 days, Highlands County will have to take over operations of the long troubled Thunderbird Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant. This past week, David S. Plank, owner of Landmark Utilities, filed legal documents informing the county of his intent to abandon the plant. ...more

May 4, 2008