A water shortage might mean more citations for Pasco County residents who ignore lawn watering restrictions. As of Tuesday, 316 citations have been written since Nov. 14, according to Jeffrey D. Harris, an environmental biologist with Pasco County Utilities Services. ...more

December 27, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- The compliments were flowing like water as commissioners observed the 10th anniversary of Tampa Bay Water this week. Pasco commissioners were gushing about progress made during the regional wholesale utility's inaugural decade and the bullish outlook for the future. ...more

July 26, 2008

Reports about the announced retirement of Jerry Maxwell as general manager of Tampa Bay Water have focused on the regional drinking water supplier's high-profile failures: The desalination plant that is years behind schedule, cracks that have turned up in the embankment of the 15-billion gallon reservoir, the utility's conflicts with local governments. ...more

September 29, 2007

Jerry Maxwell, who guided Tampa Bay Water from its birth during the regional water wars to a period of regional cooperation in finding new sources of water, announced Wednesday he will retire from his job as general manager effective Feb. 28. ...more

September 20, 2007