The recent rainfall has given the Hillsborough River reservoir a healthy boost: 20 feet ...more

May 20, 2009

In yet another indication of the severity of the ongoing drought, Hillsborough County has closed the Harney Canal Boat Ramp because of low water levels. ...more

March 27, 2009

Let's call it fishing in a huge, expensive and slightly flawed barrel. Wholesale utility Tampa Bay Water has paid a contractor $88,000 to relocate fish from its C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir to ponds in the area. ...more

March 7, 2009

It could be the ugliest spot on the Carrollwood Day School campus, but students in the school's new environmental club plan to make over a mucky, trash-clogged retention pond. ...more

February 4, 2009

Daily Fishing Report ...more

October 26, 2008

Hillsborough County's regional reservoir could be out of commission for several years while engineers try to fix cracks in the reservoir's inner walls. ...more

August 19, 2008

Can you explain how I can fix our toilet? We have to hold down the handle for a while to make sure everything is flushed. Does this mean that the flapper is closing too fast? ...more

August 14, 2008

Tampa Bay Water officials plan to limit the amount of water stored this year in the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir so engineers can better investigate cracks in the reservoir walls. ...more

August 7, 2008

I would bet that there are very few who would complain about the nightly rain we have been receiving the past week. I have just finished checking the water level and found that Lake Grassy has risen almost eight inches in the past week. At this rate of eight inches of rain every day for a week, we need at least five solid weeks of everyday downpours to fill Lake Grassy, which is still about 40 inches low. ...more

July 3, 2008

Just like a little success or winning makes a lot of problems go away, the same holds true when the rains finally come to a drought-stricken area. ...more

July 3, 2008