Hillsborough County commissioners will get updates on finances, transportation and water conservation when they meet today at 9 a.m. ...more

April 1, 2009

Residents are complaining that Hillsborough County's water department pumped raw sewage from a broken pipe into a lake where hundreds of people have waterfront homes. ...more

November 25, 2008

Residents are complaining Hillsborough County's water department has pumped raw sewage from a line break into a lake where hundreds of people have waterfront homes. The water department agrees the water in the storm drain has a strong smell but won't know whether it is contaminated until samples are tested. ...more

November 24, 2008

Dave Brown, whose years of patiently but persistently pestering county officials paid off with a Moral Courage Award, warned county commissioners Wednesday they haven't seen the last of him. ...more

October 15, 2008

Water department officials say they don't know what's causing newly laid sewer pipe to keep breaking in the Town 'N Country area but promise they are going to find out. ...more

October 14, 2008

For the second time in a month, a relatively new stretch of sewer pipe broke, dumping 300,000 gallons of raw sewage into a creek in the Town 'n Country area. ...more

October 13, 2008

Hillsborough County's water department mistakenly sent out notices last week threatening thousands of water customers with $500 fines if they didn't get their backflow prevention valves tested by a certified plumber. ...more

October 8, 2008

Hillsborough County's water department mistakenly sent out notices last week threatening thousands of water customers with $500 fines if they didn't get their backflow prevention valves tested by a certified plumber. ...more

October 7, 2008

Hillsborough County is conducting tests to determine just how much reclaimed water it can store in an old phosphate mine, water that would eventually be used to irrigate lawns in eastern and southern portions of the county. ...more

September 10, 2008

Hillsborough County is conducting tests to determine just how much reclaimed water it can store in an old phosphate mine, water that would eventually be used to irrigate lawns in eastern and southern portions of the county. ...more

September 3, 2008