About 2,000 Pinellas County water and sewer customers in Madeira Beach recently received late notices threatening to cut off their service. ...more

June 28, 2008

About 2,000 Pinellas County water and sewer customers in Madeira Beach recently received late notices threatening to cut off their service. ...more

June 27, 2008

EAST LAKE - Pinellas County officials' plan to designate 900 acres of the Brooker Creek Preserve for a future water treatment facility has drawn fire from environmentalists and others. At a Tuesday night's town hall meeting at the Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center, county land management and utilities officials presented a revised management plan for the 8,000-plus-acre county-owned preserve. ...more

June 14, 2008

LAKE PLACID — State Representative Denise Grimsley's condo used more water than any other piece of residential property in Lake Placid through all of 2007 and the first three months of 2008, the town's water usage records indicate. The condo at 19 Sunset Lane had used more than 50,000 gallons a month from January 2007––the earliest records obtained in a countywide request of all municipal and county water usage records––to March 17, 2008. Her usage cut down to 11,000 gallons per month from March through May 16. Lake Placid utilities director Gary Freeman said the typical Lake Placid resident consumes 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of water per month. ...more

June 9, 2008

Recent local newspaper articles jubilantly announced preliminary plans for ethanol to be produced by a plant just south of Lake Placid. Articles indicated the ethanol would be produced from sorghum cane that would be grown in southern Highlands County. They directed attention to the jobs that would be created by this program; however, no mention was made of the great amount of water needed to produce at least two crops of this sorghum per year and the four to five gallons of water required to produce each gallon of ethanol. ...more

May 30, 2008

The owner of Lindrick Service Corp. and Pasco County officials appear to be closer to deal that would allow the county to buy the utility for a reduced price and defer an additional payment for several years. ...more

February 12, 2008

Developers who want county water and sewer lines extended to new projects in rural areas got no cooperation Monday night from the Hillsborough Planning Commission. ...more

January 29, 2008

A Florida Public Service Commission vote on Aloha Utilities' first round of proposed water rate increases has been postponed until next month. ...more

January 29, 2008

By next month, the city plans to hire a contractor to maintain its nearly 13,000 fire hydrants. ...more

January 26, 2008

A landowner is asking county officials to change the county's comprehensive land-use plan, a move that would open the door for intense residential and commercial construction on 94 acres off U.S. 92 near McIntosh Road and Interstate 4. ...more

December 22, 2007