The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center say they expect to hire a builder soon to extend County Road 54 onto their property. ...more

January 7, 2010

City officials have for the past year voiced concerns to state environmental regulators that a proposed landfill in Pasco County is a potential catastrophe. ...more

November 7, 2009

State environmental regulators may block a project that will revive the ecological health of the much-abused lower Hillsborough River. Their motives are admirable, but their objection doesn't make sense. ...more

October 22, 2009

City officials are considering a novel approach to get more reclaimed water onto parched lawns in the drought-plagued Tampa Bay area: give it away. ...more

March 25, 2009

The water management district will hold a public meeting about a proposal to use a sinkhole as a source for the region's drinking water. ...more

February 10, 2009

The water management district has set a public meeting about a proposal to use a sinkhole as a source for the region's drinking water. The district wants to take water from Morris Bridge Road sinkhole near the Hillsborough River, first as a test, then to add to the region's drinking water supply. ...more

February 9, 2009

Concerned about the city's water supply, city council members are scheduled to vote today on whether to oppose a Pasco County landfill planned near the Hillsborough River, Tampa's main source of drinking water. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- A proposed Pasco County landfill would be built near the headwaters of the Hillsborough River, Tampa's main source of drinking water, and that concerns some members of the city council. So they're planning to vote on a resolution, albeit symbolic, expressing their opposition to the project, arguing that the proposed landfill threatens the city's water supply. ...more

December 17, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo's chief executive officer, Lex Salisbury, and his business partner face more than $46,000 in fines from water managers for unauthorized development of a planned exotic-animal park in Polk County. ...more

December 4, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury and his business partner face more than $46,000 in fines from water managers for unauthorized development of a planned exotic animal park in Polk County. ...more

December 3, 2008