All Placid Utility Water System customers in Tomoka Heights subdivision from Brentwood Drive north of the intersection of Tomoka Boulevard North to the intersection of Rosewood Drive North are being advised that their water is safe to drink again. ...more

August 15, 2008

Tarpon Springs City Commission members want a status report on staffing levels at the Fire Department. At their meeting Tuesday night commissioners asked interim City Manager Mark LeCouris to have a report responding to complaints that Fire Department personnel are under stress as a result of understaffing at the department by their next meeting, Aug. 19. ...more

August 14, 2008

The Placid Utility Water System has issued a boil water notice for customers in the Tomoka Heights subdivision on Bentwood Drive North from the intersection to Tomoka Boulevard North, to the intersection of Rosewood Drive North after water was shut down Tuesday to repair a water line break. The boil water notice will remain in effect for two days until bacteriological samples show the water is safe to drink. Those affected should bring to a rolling boil for a minute all water used for drinking, cooking or brushing teeth. This includes ice machines, soda fountains and drinking water fountains. For information, call 402-6786, 699-3716. ...more

August 13, 2008

The city budget will grow by almost 2 percent next year, Mayor Pam Iorio said today, and that is despite property tax reductions that have reduced revenue by a total of $28 million the past two years. ...more

August 7, 2008

TAMPA - The once-weekly watering rules people have lived with for 18 months will go on until September. ...more

June 24, 2008

A broken water distribution pipe prompted city officials to issue a precautionary boil water notice Monday for about 1,000 water customers. ...more

June 3, 2008

Some customers in Dade City should boil their water. ...more

June 2, 2008

The senator took off his glasses, leaned forward in his chair and looked up at the five members of the Florida Public Service Commission above him on the dais. ...more

February 13, 2008

AVON PARK – A water main burst near the Avon Park Executive Airport early this morning, causing outages throughout most of the city's water system. ...more

February 7, 2008

AVON PARK — Water has been gushing out of a faulty water valve at the site of the old Walker Memorial Hospital for at least a month, creating a small, steady stream down U.S. 27's southbound curb near the Polk County line. Avon Park's Public Works Department, which supplies water to that area, has been aware of it for that long. But if it wasn't for the yellow tape surrounding what now resembles a small spring off the side of the highway, there would be no visible sign suggesting that they knew about the problem. ...more

January 16, 2008