Tampa Bay Water will burn for the sake of the environment. The water utility plans to conduct controlled burns at the C.W. "Bill" Young Regional Reservoir through the late fall and winter months. ...more

November 1, 2008

There's a TV commercial that's been going around for a while. I'm not sure how effective it is because I can't remember what they are trying to sell, but then that's not unusual these days. ...more

October 24, 2008

The Tampa Bay Water board voted Monday to sue the three companies that designed or built the now-crack-ridden wall of the C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. ...more

October 21, 2008

The Tampa Bay Water board voted today to sue the three companies that designed or built the now-crack-ridden walls of the C.W. "Bill" Young Reservoir. ...more

October 20, 2008

Challenging 38-year incumbent C.W. Bill Young for Congress is daunting, but Dunedin Mayor Bob Hackworth thinks he has the key. ...more

October 19, 2008

A new desalination plant near Tarpon Springs and an expansion of the existing plant in Apollo Beach are among projects being considered to meet the region's water needs through 2019. ...more

October 16, 2008

When cracks first began appearing in the wall of the C.W. "Bill" Young Reservoir, Tampa Bay Water officials said the problems were nothing to be worried about. ...more

October 11, 2008

Below-average rainfall and low river levels have forced authorities to start pumping water out of the C.W. "Bill" Young Reservoir six months earlier than usual. Tampa Bay Water, the regional water supplier, said today that rainfall totals in the area were 80 percent below normal in September. Flow rates in the Hillsborough and Alafia rivers were 81 and 85 percent, respectively, below average. ...more

October 7, 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

He's a southerner who sprinkles his conversation with "yes, ma'ams," and wants to make sure his mother in Louisiana gets a newspaper article about him. ...more

September 13, 2008