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Wetlands Division A Redundancy
The emotional rhetoric offered historically and in recent editorials to continue the Environmental Protection Commission's wetlands permitting program is missing one important thing: facts that document that Hillsborough County is more successful in protecting wetlands with EPC than other counties that don't have such a group. ...more
March 21, 2009
Tampa Alone On Restrictions
As Tampa takes the hose by the nozzle by banning lawn watering with sprinklers, other municipalities are holding off on adopting similarly severe restrictions, at least for now. ...more
March 21, 2009
As Tampa Pulls Plug On Sprinklers, Will Others Follow?
As Tampa takes the hose by the nozzle by banning lawn watering with sprinklers, other municipalities are holding off adopting similarly severe restrictions, at least for now. ...more
March 20, 2009
Long Range Plan For Water Sources Presented
Moving water across county lines has always been a point of contention in Florida. ...more
March 20, 2009
St. Pete's Nighttime Water Patrols Raining Citations
With the region's monster reservoir reduced to a puddle, the drought is hitting home, especially for many who have collected watering citations. ...more
March 19, 2009
One-Stop Permitting In County's Interest
For the fifth year in a row, the Florida Legislature is attacking local government control of wetlands permitting, especially aiming at Hillsborough County's Environmental Protection Commission (EPC). In the name of streamlining, legislators maintain that local wetland review duplicates that of other state agencies and is a reason for the state's economic crisis. Ha! ...more
March 19, 2009
New Water Plant Ready To Provide 10 Million Gallons A Day
A new water plant is online and soon will be supplying some 10 million gallons of water a day to homes and businesses in eastern and southern Hillsborough County. ...more
March 18, 2009
Region's Thirst Sends Supply Line Under
With rivers gurgling to a trickle and the desalination plant limping because of mechanical problems, water suppliers are turning up the pumps to tap groundwater at a rate not seen since 2002. ...more
March 18, 2009
Rain Sensors Available At Water Conservation Programs
As Central Florida's drought enters its fourth year, two Highlands County agencies are teaming up to help homeowners conserve water while sprinkling their lawns. ...more
March 17, 2009
Letters to the Editor
Support Local Shoppers Regarding "Give The Mouse A Furlough And Shop Closer To Home" (Our Opinion, March 15): ...more
March 17, 2009
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