It will cost more for elected officials to flush, too. That is the message city commissioners wanted to convey as they passed an increase in water and sewer rates on second reading Tuesday night. ...more

September 27, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District is extending a water shortage emergency order allowing Tampa Bay Water to withdraw additional water from the Alafia River. ...more

September 19, 2008

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews were called to a water treatment plant tonight after receiving a call that chlorine gas was leaking from a 1-ton tank. ...more

August 11, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- A recommendation by a consultant, proposing to hike water and sewer rates promises to bring out protesting residents to tonight's City Commission meeting. ...more

July 22, 2008

The other day, the New York Times ran a story of a thinly veiled attempt to insult our president. It told how in San Francisco the Presidential Memorial Commission intended to ask voters to change the name of a water treatment plant to the "George W. Bush Sewage Plant." Apparently the plan was "hatched in a bar" and is proposed as "an appropriate honor for a truly unique president." ...more

July 10, 2008

After decades of relying on its larger and more prosperous neighbor for much of its drinking water, this tiny waterfront city has declared aquatic independence. ...more

June 28, 2008

The Tampa Bay Water desalination plant was shut down for about four days last week after an internal pipe burst, but that doesn't signal a return to the troubled days of a sputtering facility, officials said. ...more

June 28, 2008

Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom. ...more

June 27, 2008

As gas prices continue to climb, local governments consider buying biodiesel and limiting how long cars can idle. ...more

June 16, 2008

Up until now, the city has not encountered much lobbying on bids and contracts. ...more

May 31, 2008