Pasco County officials say they will move forward with efforts to preserve environmentally valuable land now in private hands, despite the loss of help from the state's Florida Forever program. ...more

January 17, 2009

Back in the 1990s, most of the Tampa Bay area got its drinking water supply from groundwater. The result: dried up lakes and parched wetlands. Now, state and regional water authorities are close to an agreement to prevent overpumping of groundwater well into the future. ...more

October 9, 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

The situation surrounding the city of Port Richey's drinking water distribution systems seems to be going from bad to worse. But don't take our word for it. Just ask Richard Reade, the recently arrived city manager. "Everyday we're uncovering more and more leaks," Reade told The Tampa Tribune this week. As things stand now, just what is causing the growing problem is a "mystery," Reade said. ...more

February 12, 2008

Something lay dead up ahead. The seventh-graders from Rushe Middle School craned their necks, trying to guess which of the many creatures that call Cross Bar Ranch home had met its demise near the unpaved road that winds through the 12,000-acre preserve. ...more

December 15, 2007

Water-conscious residents living around Lake Carroll are weary about an upcoming project to renew pumping of three well fields in the Original Carrollwood area. ...more

December 8, 2007