The prospective owner of Aloha Utilities will host a public hearing Nov. 24 to discuss new rates for its future customers. ...more

November 16, 2008 |

An annual autumn rite has heads and steering wheels turning into the grassy lot at a local church, where piles of pumpkins and other fall fare will be on sale through October. ...more

October 9, 2008 |

A 26-year-old forklift operator at Zephyrhills Water Company was arrested Saturday at work, accused of stealing $50,000 worth of bottled water from his employer. ...more

September 7, 2008 |

We've pinched and reorganized our household budgets. But we still often overpay for commercially bottled water. On an annual basis, the typical American consumer spends $1,400 on bottled water versus 49 cents for the same amount of water from our kitchen faucet, according to the Center for a New American Dream, a nonprofit consumer group in Maryland. ...more

August 21, 2008 |

Local municipalities and the county are scrambling to comply with a 2002 state mandate that might cost thousands of county public water customers at least $300 each. ...more

July 16, 2008 |

AVON PARK - If you've been putting off your water bill, you'll literally pay for the delay after the city council voted 3-2 to start charging late fees. Water customers who do not pay by 2 p.m. on the bill's due date will have to pay five percent of the overdue amount, or $1, whichever is greater. ...more

June 9, 2008 |

Marlene and Lewis Mann took one look at the giant oaks in the Woodland Acres subdivision and knew this was where they'd raise their family and eventually retire. ...more

December 9, 2007 |

LAKE PLACID — In July, the 70 customers of Sebring Lakes won their water rate battle with Aqua Utilities, a Philadelphia water company. Some customers who were paying $10 or $20 a month were suddenly getting bills for $180 or $190 a month. But although the Florida Public Service Commission demanded a refund for Sebring Lakes residents, the money still hasn't come, said Jane Barnard, who lives on Tangelo. "They have not paid back one single penny," said Barnard, a senior citizen who lives with her husband, Floyd, in the small subdivision between Sebring and Lake Placid, just a block from U.S. 27. The residents are mostly middle-class retirees who live in two-or-three bedroom concrete block homes. ...more

November 16, 2007 |