Apparently, St. Petersburg has had enough with the lawn watering scofflaws. Instituting the $175 fine for each watering violation will hopefully encourage residents, who place green lawns above the need to save water, to comply. ...more

March 17, 2009

Water use rules in Pinellas County will be enforced more strictly now that continued dry conditions have prompted water officials to clamp down, utilities officials said Friday. ...more

November 8, 2008

Water use rules will be enforced more strictly as a shortage of rainfall has prompted water officials to clamp down, Pinellas County Utilities officials said today. ...more

November 7, 2008

Regional water authorities are expected today to extend once-a-week watering restrictions through February. ...more

September 30, 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

A three-month-old salmonella outbreak initially linked to raw tomatoes has been traced to a jalapeno and serrano pepper farm in Mexico. ...more

July 31, 2008

With demand for irrigation water outstripping supplies, Pasco County will be allowed to tap three new wells to supplement the county's reclaimed water reserves, the Southwest Florida Water Management District said Tuesday. ...more

May 28, 2008

Much has been made of government's decision last summer not to pump phosphorous rich water into Lake Okeechobee. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson claims that this one decision - which some claim will somehow deprive growers of some irrigation water - makes up $4 million of the $1 billion in losses expected to Florida's farm economy. Further, sugarcane farmers argue that sugar production (and presumably profits) may fall by 20 percent. ...more

December 27, 2007

There are only a couple of sprinkler heads on the irrigation system at a U.S. 19 carwash next to Wal-Mart, enough to water several small patches of grass. ...more

November 15, 2007